Nearly 10,000 jobs are to be lost and up to 100 courts could close as budget cuts hit the public sector.
The Times has learnt that more than £900 million must be saved at the Ministry of Justice in the next two years, threatening initiatives that include Gordon Brown’s programme to tackle knife crime. The news comes as figures revealed that inflation hit a 16-year high of 5.2 per cent last month, driven by rocketing gas and electricity bills.
Analysts predict that the spike will also blow a £3 billion hole in Britain’s welfare budget because the annual increase in pensions and benefits is pegged to the September figures. With most experts forecasting that unemployment will exceed government estimates, the bill for welfare payments is almost certain to rise further.
And Brown is gaining from this?
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