Its not will they, it revolves around whether they have to.
Which would people prefer seriously, another 20p in the pound on tax or a single service?
We all have to make our sacrifices in this. The other civil sector agencies will all have to go through the same thing.
Am I happy about it? Like hell I am. But this is what happens when you vote in the Socialist for 3 years and allow them to wreck the economy, whilst we were blinded by cheap credit and booming house prices. Now its payback time I am afraid.