If thegovernment has to shut down as a result of a standoff when the government's general operating budget expires in late March or the debt ceiling is not raised this spring, Republicans will continue to losethe public's confidencein their ability to govern and the reduction in services will highlight to Americans what thegovernment actually does.
"It's now very clear that the government's Work Programme is simply failing as job centre staff now lose all confidencein it and stop referring people to it, " he said.