Shrinking the state (unless they wear khaki uniforms)? Doesn’t this sound a bit like the DOGE agenda? But aren’t Labour and Trump sworn enemies?….
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/03/26/reeves-wants-to-cut-the-bloated-state-britains-sickness/
How many people who voted Labour supported this? I’d guess a fair few of them are public sector workers now finding themselves in the crosshairs.
And like any apparently intractable dilemma, the solution is waiting to be rolled out… step forward (probably under a new name and with some minor tinkering) UBI!