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Britain?s ?111 billion budget deficit could be eliminated if the Government curbed ?excessive? pay for GPs, stopped ?waste? in the NHS and cut spending on ?unnecessary? projects, according to an analysis to be published this week.
The TaxPayers? Alliance, which will publish the figures, claims that cutting excessive pay for state employees, particularly in the health service, and tackling Government waste would save ?120 billion annually - the equivalent of ?4,553 for every household in the UK.
The study is based on Whitehall accounts, research papers and audit reports and it comes as all three main parties prepare to unveil their plans for managing the public finances after next year?s election.
It suggests that doctors? pay in particular is an area where Government ?waste? could be targeted and more than ?1 billion saved for the public purse.
British doctors are among the best paid in the world, the group says, earning 3.4 times the average wage.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...nce-warns-of-120billion-government-waste.html
The TaxPayers? Alliance, which will publish the figures, claims that cutting excessive pay for state employees, particularly in the health service, and tackling Government waste would save ?120 billion annually - the equivalent of ?4,553 for every household in the UK.
The study is based on Whitehall accounts, research papers and audit reports and it comes as all three main parties prepare to unveil their plans for managing the public finances after next year?s election.
It suggests that doctors? pay in particular is an area where Government ?waste? could be targeted and more than ?1 billion saved for the public purse.
British doctors are among the best paid in the world, the group says, earning 3.4 times the average wage.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...nce-warns-of-120billion-government-waste.html