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More job losses are expected in the public sector after the government's axing of 1,500 jobs in the past year.
The government says the losses are a result of 'shifting' resources, with a further 130 jobs to be cut from the Ministry of Health by July next year.
The Public Service Association says with more people looking for work the government is making the hunt for new employment difficult.
And Wellington Central Labour MP Grant Robertson says it is a blatant breach of National's promise to cap - not cut - the public service.
He says there will certainly be more cuts to come, although it is difficult to say where they will end.
Robertson also says the public will inevitably notice deteriorating public services because of the cuts.
"What we are getting are indiscriminate cuts for political reasons."
State Services Minister Tony Ryall says resources are being moved from back offices to the frontline, and he expects improved services.
"National can't even provide a definition of what 'frontline' is," Robertson says.
"We have seen cuts to biosecurity staff at the border, CYFS staff, school library services and regional fisheries offices. These are all frontline services that people across New Zealand rely on."
Robertson says the Government is taking an accountant's approach to public services, rather than working with public servants and taxpayers to develop those services.
"National's promise to cap, not cut, public sector jobs and move resources from the back room to the frontline has again been outed as pure political spin."
