Doing less with less

The Government can try to spin it as reform by its own volition but the truth is that our dire financial situation is the driving force behind these cuts, writes Political Editor Paul O’Brien

THERE’S a scene in the acclaimed TV show The Wire where a character, whose company has just announced job cuts, takes issue with the bureaucratic mantra “doing more with less”.

“You don’t do more with less,” the character states. “You do less with less.”