Anger over Tory 'slash and burn' BUDGETS.CONSERVATIVE plans to cut health and council services sparked Labour fury after they were unveiled yesterday. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said a Tory Government would copy their councils by "cutting costs" and reining in spending. He added: "Conservative Whitehall will have much to learn from Tory town halls." But Labour MP John Spellar John Francis Spellar (born 5 August 1947, Bromley) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Warley, and served as a junior minister at the Northern Ireland Office, before returning to the backbenches in 2006. said the "slash and burn This article is about the agricultural practice of slash and burn. For the military tactic, see scorched earth. Slash and burn refers to the cutting and burning of forests or woodlands to create fields for agriculture or pasture for livestock, or for a " policies would hit ordinary families and added: "Tory councils are showing a combination of meanness, incompetence and malice." Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley also said hospitals will face a "significant reduced rate of expenditure" under the Tories, adding, "NHS NHS abbr. National Health Service NHS (in Britain) National Health Service services will have to tighten their belts." |
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