George is interviewed by Politics Show East to make the case for the Government to do more to share the burden of cost-cutting being felt at the moment by working families and small businesses, local councils and voluntary groups in Norfolk.

As people across our area face difficult times this winter and New Year, with all of us having to make serious economies in the face of the recession, why isnt the Government doing more to cut back its waste and unnecessary spending to target those who need help most ? Whilst families, small businesses, local councils and voluntary groups have to make economies, Central Government is still wasting millions on unnecessary initiatives like the reorganisation of Norfolk's councils which is estimated to cost between £25m and £100m. Whilst millions of ordinary savers face a black hole in their pensions as a result of Gordon Brown's stealth taxes and economic mismanagement, millions of civil servants in Whitehall and Labour's regional quangoes enjoy protected risk-free jobs on huge salaries and final salary schemes. That is not fair and it isn't sustainable. Government doesnt generate money, it spends it. It is vital that we do more to prioritise and support the wealth creating sectors of our economy which fund our public services.

 

Photo:George interviewed on BBC Politics Show East