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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

as @RichardJMurphy points out this morning, the wrecking campaign against the public sector, by making working conditions so unwelcoming & badly paid is having a continuing effect, with shortage of , and other key public .

The game plan is clear:
attack the public services via defunding & stressing the workforce;

use to claim money is tight, to reduce real wages;

claim: 'we'd like to run better public services, but we just can't get the staff'!