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Backlog in NHS and courts will take 10 years to clear, says thinktank (www.theguardian.com)

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Public services will not recover until the 2030s even under a Labour government, and it will take a decade to clear the backlog in the NHS and the courts, a report says.

The study from the Institute for Public Policy Research, a progressive thinktank, outlines the challenges an incoming Labour government would face, with voters impatient for change within a first term.

“The next government will inherit one of the most challenging contexts in terms of public services of any new government since the second world war,” said Harry Quilter-Pinner, an IPPR director, warning that reform and higher spending would be necessary.

Some of the IPPR’s ideas include rolling out AI tools, such as ChatGPT, to the public sector to save an estimated £24bn a year, with a “right to retrain” for workers whose jobs are affected.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, let's unfuck our NHS funding crisis by fucking up people's livelihoods. The IPPR are a bunch of reptiles in skinsuits who would rather sacrifice people's lives for the sake of protecting the upper class.