Although they are showing all of those, many of them will be amalgamted with other government bodies, so is more a streamlining of the services.... Like everything else at the moment though, it all gets blown out of proportion and made to sound far worse than it really is....
Very true, there will be redundancies but not quite the level at which they are hyping up. Departments will be merged and people will be shoved about. There are a few departments I'm surprised are being axed:-
Disability Employment Advisory Committee
Disability Living/Attendance Allowance Advisory Board
Disabled Persons' Transport Advisory Committee
Independent Advisory Group of Sexual Health and HIV
Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy
Infrastructure Planning Commission
Olympic Park Legacy Company*
Disabled, my view is they have enough of a rough ride in life and should be left well and truly alone. Teenage pregnancy, we have the highest teenage pregnancy in Europe. There was an article in the paper showing most kids have no idea what an umbilical cord is. Finally, after spending a crazy amount on the Olympics, I would like the decision of what happens to the site being at a higher level than the local authority.