Today Programme: Eamonn Butler on public spending cuts June 7, 2010 admin Slug path asi-in-the-news/asi-in-the-news/today-programme-eamonn-butler-on-public-spending-cuts Joomla-id 5288 Old Teaser 07 June 2010 Dr Eamonn Butler discussed the effects of public spending cuts with Lord Desai. He argues that the cuts will make government more effective and closer to the people. Published on Radio 4 here.