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All that effort goes to waste
Type: Newspaper Articles
Authors: Robert Chote
Published in: Independent on Sunday

When politicians claim they can finance tax cuts or provide extra resources for public services by cracking down on waste and bureaucracy, voters should start counting the spoons. History shows that savings are much easier to promise than deliver.

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