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Ryan Bridge: The public service cuts didn't come out of nowhere
We got the inevitable Grinch headlines from the media yesterday, powered by union panic.
The public service knew this was coming. Or should have. Judith Collins, Nicola Willis, and Sir Brian Roche have been talking about this since they all got into office.
So it's not shocking.
It's also not a done deal, yet.
All that's really happened, in the final leg of this Government's current term, is a few letters have been posted to some chief executives.
They've been asked to mood-board some cuts to staffing.
The savings will be banked, but there's no guarantee any of this will actually happen…
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