Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Lib Dems two-faced on civil service cuts
THE Liberal Democrats are being two-faced on the issue of cuts in the civil service.
When Gordon Brown announced reductions in the civil service during the last Comprehensive Spending Review, Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Lembit Opik criticised the announcement. And Liberal Cardiff Central AM Jenny Randerson has been campaigning against possible civil service cuts in Cardiff.
But today the Liberal Democrats announced at their party conference that if they win power in Westminster, they will axe over 100,000 civil servants.
Labour AM CARL SARGEANT said:
"This is just another example of how unprincipled and two-faced the Liberal Democrats are. I challenge Lembit Opik and Jenny Randerson either to condemn their own party leaders or to apologise to those civil servants they have provided false hope to and explain to them that the Liberal Democrats aren’t really a very serious party.
"Sadly we are getting used to this kind of behaviour from the Lib Dems. They campaign locally against anti-social behaviour and petty crime even though their MPs voted against tough new Government measures to tackle these very issues.
"The Liberal Democrats have no guiding principles. They are the party without a soul, without a conscience.
"Notes:
"Gordon Brown used to present himself as the champion of the worker. Now, employees find out that their job may be on the line live on television." - Lembit Opik, Western Mail, 13/07/04Welsh Liberal Democrats Economic Development Spokesperson, Jenny Randerson, has tabled an urgent question to the Labour Assembly Government about the impact on Wales of the announcement by the Department for Work and Pensions that it will be pursuing a programme of job losses and site amalgamation as part of its so called "modernisation" programme. - Welsh Lib Dem website, 30/06/04
When Gordon Brown announced reductions in the civil service during the last Comprehensive Spending Review, Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Lembit Opik criticised the announcement. And Liberal Cardiff Central AM Jenny Randerson has been campaigning against possible civil service cuts in Cardiff.
But today the Liberal Democrats announced at their party conference that if they win power in Westminster, they will axe over 100,000 civil servants.
Labour AM CARL SARGEANT said:
"This is just another example of how unprincipled and two-faced the Liberal Democrats are. I challenge Lembit Opik and Jenny Randerson either to condemn their own party leaders or to apologise to those civil servants they have provided false hope to and explain to them that the Liberal Democrats aren’t really a very serious party.
"Sadly we are getting used to this kind of behaviour from the Lib Dems. They campaign locally against anti-social behaviour and petty crime even though their MPs voted against tough new Government measures to tackle these very issues.
"The Liberal Democrats have no guiding principles. They are the party without a soul, without a conscience.
"Notes:
"Gordon Brown used to present himself as the champion of the worker. Now, employees find out that their job may be on the line live on television." - Lembit Opik, Western Mail, 13/07/04Welsh Liberal Democrats Economic Development Spokesperson, Jenny Randerson, has tabled an urgent question to the Labour Assembly Government about the impact on Wales of the announcement by the Department for Work and Pensions that it will be pursuing a programme of job losses and site amalgamation as part of its so called "modernisation" programme. - Welsh Lib Dem website, 30/06/04
