Chris Hipkins is defending public servants in the firing line.\xa0
Just yesterday, more than a-thousand job cutting proposals were announced at the Ministry of Education and Oranga Tamariki combined.\xa0
The Government's suggesting some of the cost savings could be re-invested into frontline services.\xa0
Labour leader Chris Hipkins told Mike Hosking that he doesn't agree the public service had been 'bloating' under his leadership.\xa0
He said the people losing their jobs are delivering valuable services like the food in schools programme or curriculum work.\xa0
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