New figures out from the ONS show public sector productivity is flatlining under Labour after failing to recover from Covid:
“Our latest annualised estimates of total public service productivity in the UK show growth of 0.8% in 2023, revised down from 0.9%, and 0.0% in 2024, revised down from 0.3%.
Total public service productivity was 3.4% lower in 2024 than the 2019 level (compared with 3.0% lower, as previously published).
Healthcare public service productivity was 7.9% lower in 2024 than the 2019 level (compared with 7.8% lower, as previously published).”
The public sector is now as large as it has ever been. Labour continues stealing from the productive private sector to hand out cash to unproductive public sector workers. Death spiral…