But he realizes that these days public employees are not the most popular people around and with budget cuts always looming he figures it would be a good idea to hedge his employment bets.

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But his relationship with other figures in the White House was widely reported to be not so good.

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The issue range from whether the government's estimates of migration are good enough, to whether the figures should be used to direct more public money towards areas with high numbers of new arrivals.

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The figures include hoaxes, 999 calls made with good intent that do not transpire to be emergencies and callouts prompted by faulty equipment in business premises.

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