Key adviser casts doubt over Tory £6bn cuts plans - papers

Sir Peter Gershon, who together with ex-Logica boss Martin Read, helped formulate the spending reductions which the coalition Government announced last month, warned that it would "take some time" to renegotiate contracts - one of the biggest elements of the cuts. The Treasury has pledged to save some £1.7bn simply by renegotiating existing contracts with suppliers "including immediate negotiations to achieve cost reductions from the major suppliers to government", writes the Telegraph. But Sir Peter, the efficiency adviser who previously worked for advised Gordon Brown, warned that w...