'The Public Sector Did Not Cause This Recession but Must Share the Burden' ; Yesterday's Budget Was All About Spending Cuts and Tax Rises - an Indication Publicsector Spending Will Have to Be Reduced. Local Government Reporter Kirsty Green Looks at What It Could Mean in Derbyshire.

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WITH the mantra of lower spending rather than higher taxes, the Chancellor made it clear that the public sector would have to take the heaviest hits in his emergency Budget.

Announcing a two-year pay freeze for public sector staff earning more than Pounds 21,000 - affecting thousands of workers in Derbyshire - and a review into their pensions, George Osborne declared the public sector could no longer be shielded.

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'The Public Sector Did Not Cause This Recession but Must Share the Burden' ; Yesterday's Budget Was All About Spending Cuts and Tax Rises - an Indication Publicsector Spending Will Have to Be Reduced. Local Government Reporter Kirsty Green Looks at What It Could Mean in Derbyshire.

"We need to do something to address the spiralling costs of public sector pensions," he told the House of Commons.

"Millions of people in the private sector have seen pay frozen and pension benefits restructured and they have a...

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