Osborne wields the axe in Whitehall as he unveils his £6bn cuts package (and he warns: 'This is just the first step')

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# £6.243bn in public sector savings this year
# Child Trust Funds to be slashed then axed
# £600m to be saved in 'bonfire of the quangos'
# Recruitment freeze across civil service
# Perks for ministers and civil servants slashed
# £836m in cuts at Business Department
# Extra university places halved to 10,000
# Osborne declares: 'I want a smaller state'
# Furious unions warn of concerted strike action