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BAA's queue figures prove cuts are not working

Figures released yesterday by the British Airports Authority show passenger waiting targets were regularly missed at Heathrow, proving the cuts are not working.

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "The issues of the last few days bring to the public's attention what we have said for a long time, that you can't cut staff and expect to run the same service.

"Clearly, the cuts already made in UK Border Agency have had a major impact and further cuts planned every year until 2015 will make the situation even worse.

"Ministers must now accept what the rest of us can plainly see, that austerity isn't working, and that what we need is investment to improve our public services and get our economy moving again."

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