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Here we go again – another round of spending cuts!\u00a0 I must point out that we have been waiting for our flood defences since 2003.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 It is so easy for the politicians to publish their promises prior to election – and promptly forget those same promises very quickly after the election.\u00a0 The comments below are extracted from the BBC website<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The chancellor has said a crackdown on government “waste” will ensure key public services can be prioritised for funding.<\/b><\/p>\n

Rachel Reeves said departments would be asked to identify 5% “efficiency savings” as part of a review to set their budgets for the coming years.<\/p>\n

The review, to conclude next June, will see ministers haggle for money as Labour sets the political tramlines for the next election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here we go again – another round of spending cuts!\u00a0 I must point out that we have been waiting for our flood defences since 2003.\u00a0 It is so easy for the politicians…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[125],"class_list":["post-1420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-flood-defence-spending"],"yoast_head":"\nFlood defence spending cuts imminent? - DHWNEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=1420\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flood defence spending cuts imminent? 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