I feel this will be the constant stream of headlines over the next 6-12 months
mental-health-minister-scrambles-suicide-prevention-office-caught-cuts
The other week it was disabilities.
The government running around "Cuts, Cuts, Cuts, Bureaucracy etc etc". And suddenly have to go Oh Shit. No, we are not cutting that, or that, or that.
After the 6 - 12 months of those, we will start hitting the stories that because the "back room" staff were cut, the front line staff are spending more time in the back room making up for it.
I'm not saying that there is no room for cuts. But going back to 2017 levels and not adjusting for population growth & inflation is bad.
And doing it in such a short space of time is just going to cause more issues. Do it over the next 3-6 years.