This article assumes that the services themselves won’t be cut, so they’ll have to use more contractors. I think the point is that they’ll cut the services and

This article assumes that the services themselves won’t be cut, so they’ll have to use more contractors. I think the point is that they’ll cut the services and contractors too. I’ve worked with government quite a bit at various levels and the level of messing around, pointless ideas and internal politics is astounding, as well as the lack of accountability and oversight in general. The opinion I walked away with is that just like twitter, chunks of it could be cut away or properly digitised without affecting what people on the outside perceive or care about at all.