Earlier this week, the Treasury announced how £6.2 billion-worth of savings will be made in the public sector budget and revealed that £95 million will be reduced by cutting IT spending.
Jeff Brooks, chair of Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Technology, said it was known well before the election that the public sector budget would have to be cut to reduce the UK's deficit.
'We would advise government not to sever critical IT investment projects which will generate even greater costs for the country in the long run,' he added.
Mr Brooks also claimed that a major worry is local authorities will start to scrap key IT improvement projects when they have to look at how to reduce their own budgets.
Last week, the REC claimed that the coalition government programme contains good news for the UK's recruitment sector, such as pledges to review business taxation and employment regulation.
Jeff Brooks, chair of Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Technology, said it was known well before the election that the public sector budget would have to be cut to reduce the UK's deficit.
'We would advise government not to sever critical IT investment projects which will generate even greater costs for the country in the long run,' he added.
Mr Brooks also claimed that a major worry is local authorities will start to scrap key IT improvement projects when they have to look at how to reduce their own budgets.
Last week, the REC claimed that the coalition government programme contains good news for the UK's recruitment sector, such as pledges to review business taxation and employment regulation.
