Does the government need a 'Plan B'?‏

A lot of this is clearly speculative, but I did tell (everyone) so.
Taking demand out of the economy has seen a slowing of the economy. The stimulus package kept the economy going reasonably but the cuts have begun to hit it, and hard. Another problem is confidence as if people think there will be a recession then it is far more likely to happen.
Aside from my gloating, there are some pretty serious issues here. I feel the economic problems with my inability to get a decent job or even security in the shitty one I have.
The political bits of this really are not as important to me as the effects on my life and prospects, but this would be hugely damaging to both coalition parties if the economy tanks. If that's the case Labour will have an open goal for 5/10 years. And given Ed miliband's performances I think we might need it. Ed Balls is a heavy weight so might add something there but has the potential to fuck everything up and piss everyone off.
What matters to me is my job and lively hood, my prospects in the short, medium and long term. The inside of the Westminster bubble does not greatly concern me at the moment

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2011/02/does_the_govern.html

Lord Young apology over 'never had it so good'

"In the Daily Telegraph interview, Lord Young said: "For the vast majority of people in the country today, they have never had it so good ever since this recession - this so-called recession - started...""

Absolute rubbish and shows how far out of touch he, and his government, is with the realities of life for working people. In my own personal circumstances I've never had it so bad, and it seems to me the recession is very real. If he wants to swap jobs I'd be only too happy

administrators

Once again i am back job hunting. The vast majority of jobs i see are administration ones in the private sector. Now, this strike me because the government has set it's stall out to rid us of public sector administrators. But if the private sector can't survive without them, why can the public sector?

new job

from monday i'll be doing good work for the Social Investment Business.
No thanks to those idiot Tories

Overqualified

Just been turned down for another job for being " too senior "

cuts

"George Osborne: Ministries face cuts of over 20%

Welfare, tax credits and pensions among areas to be included in fundamental spending review, warns chancellor"

having been made unemployed as a direct result of the new government's actions, i won't be too impressed if they then come along and cut my dole too. if they then do the thing of blaming me for being unemployed, i will be distinctly unimpressed with the tory government

goverment cuts

Cameron has outlined what he thinks needs to be reduced: massive welfare bills", public sector pay and "the bureaucracy .
no change there then

i recently lost my job due to the recruitment freeze, and judging by the above the Tories are still the same old Tories so i'm not too hopeful for much help

New job

So here I am in the civil service at the Department for Transport. Or kind of at least.
In some ways i'm very wary, they are replacing someone who's been here for years and knows everything with a temp who has never worked in government, the civil service, or transport before.
Cost cutting.
So far i'm pretty annoyed that we're not allowed to view Hotmail or other sites deemed 'inappropriate' for work. I'd rather that we were allowed to take personal responsibility for our actions, but they are all very wary of being seen to take the piss with taxpayers money.
Still, at least the blog works. for now