A NORTH West MP has rapped the Government for failing to recognise the relationship between the public and private sectors.
Jonathan Reynolds, Labour MP for Stalybridge and Hyde, spoke out during a House of Commons debate about the future of the North West economy.
Mr Reynolds hit out at the way the Coalition Government failed to recognise that both public and private parts of the economy were inter-dependent.
Mr Reynolds told the Commons that the Government’s lack of understanding about the relationship between the public and private sectors was one of the main concerns of manufacturing businesses in his constituency.
He warned that bringing Britain out of recession would be hit by the Government’s failure to recognise that huge parts of private business relied on healthy and vibrant public services.
Mr Reynolds said: “Manufacturers in my constituency have clients across the world, but a key part of their business is supplying the public sector.
“The Government are ruthlessly cutting public sector procurement in the Budget, and manufacturers will be unable to drive the country out of recession and back into growth if they do not have the necessary support and stimulus from the Government.”
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'Proud to serve the public’ is a North West TUC campaign to protect and promote public services in our Region. We believe public services are a vital part of the North West economy. They create jobs, stimulate growth and... 
Jonathon is right to resist the ConDem attempts to turn this in to a public vs private debate.
Many families in the north west rely on both sectors for employment. Furthermore, 64p of every £1 in public sector salaries is spent on goods and services in the private sector so cutting jobs in the civil service, local government, health and education will only lead to consequential job losses in retail, construction and the service industry.
Working men and women are the only ones “all in this together”, and a united campaign, starting at the Lib Dem Conference demo in Liverpool on 19th September is essential to avoid a return to the type of devastation our communities faced in the 80’s.