The cuts or "savings" might in fact cost more in the long run,as the cost of fixing the attack,cancelled operarions and updating their systems mounts up,the same happened in the prison service,social care,flood defence "savings" and others cost more in the long run,many costs being passed on to other public services,of course waste should be cut,but cutting in the name of austerity for short term gain doesn't seem to be working when in the long term the costs are greater with more damage to repair