Transport would be the unkindest cut

摘要

If ever there were any doubts about the grave outlook for public sector spending, they were rapidly dispelled last month by an announcement from shadow Chancellor George Osborne. Civil Engineering Contractors Association Industry Affairs spokesman Alasdair Reisner examines the implications With much fanfare, Osborne revealed that he had obtained leaked documents from the Treasury that showed the Government was planning savage cuts to public spending after the next election in an attempt to bring the UK's wild public debt back under control.