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The pair revealed earlier today that the core public service could be brought down to about 55,000 staff, a level they described as the historic norm of roughly 1% of the population, with a sinking lid policy. Source: 1News (Source: Other)

Nicola Willis and Paul Goldsmith are speaking to media about plans to reform the public sector.

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