The Medium Term Financial Plan Addition revealed last week that the Council of Ministers had lowered its public-sector cuts target to £73 million in order to close a predicted £113 million shortfall in their finances by 2019.
Last year it had been set at £90 million.
During a bad-tempered Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel hearing yesterday, Senator Ian Gorst denied ministers had ‘taken their foot off the pedal’ in terms of pushing for public-sector efficiencies but added that some cuts had been curtailed due to their perceived impact on the community.
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