Guernsey States expected to cut spending by £6m

The States of Guernsey should cut £6m from its spending during the next 18 months, according to the island's chief accountant.
Politicians agreed to a cut in annual spending of £31m by 2015 after a report identified more than 100 areas where efficiency savings could be made.
Bethan Haines, from Treasury and Resources, said the savings were already being seen.
She said they would continue to come from a variety of projects.
Ms Haines said: "It will include things like increasing fees at the Guernsey Registry, the savings that we're making on changing opening times and cleaning regimes at the public conveniences [and] there's an energy efficiency project in there.
"A lot of the savings come from changes to the way that we procure goods and services in the States.
"The £31m remains our target and it remains a challenge because obviously some difficult decisions need to be made along the way in order to drive about 10% out of our budget, but we still believe it's deliverable." (from BBC)

From what I have been hearing the Axe is being used to reduce staffing levels in quite a few departments

We've heard this all before!
Sack staff and pay redundancy.
Then pay huge rates for temporary staff to do their jobs!!

just stop paying sick pay to the monday club, thats a multi million saving, my staff don't take days off sick because they don't get paid..

hope they make the cuts in the right areas..maybe get rid of some of the excess at custard castle,wheadon house etc etc..

there are many ways they could cuts cost ,,i see so many get money for just lazing around in bed all day ,but go out on the piss in the night with our tax monies ,coming home at time my hubby is going to work .make me so mad

I suppose the brunt of the so called savings will be with the lower paid manual workers, nurses, counter staff etc. These workers at the lower end will have their overtime and or conditions changed, and the golf between them working and not working will be little, the branches further up the tree will be left untouched. But i agree with Kat, why should the few who abuse the social insurance be allowed to continue this Thursday morning pay out. As the wise man said in the last week "we have never had it so good" lets wait twelve months before making our comments.