One of the things that will become apparent in the coming years is just how irresponsible this last Budget was. It put party ahead of country in a way that few Budgets ever had.
Many civil servants, who know the true numbers, are despairing about what it means for Britain’s future. Peter Oborne writes today that:
“One permanent secretary complained about the Budget, saying the Chancellor’s financial figures do not add up. He said: ‘We either need spending cuts, or a larger departmental budget. We are in a situation where the official figures are just not deliverable.’ Another civil servant is even gloomier. ‘We are moving towards a crisis which can only be resolved by an emergency statement to the House of Commons in the autumn,’ he warned. Other Treasury officials are pressing for the setting up of an emergency committee to investigate the need for drastic cuts in public spending.
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