To understand this government, look at who it bailed out – and the flailing UK sector it didn’t

‘The UCU warns that it expects up to 10,000 jobs in academia to disappear this year – plenty will be low-paid back office roles.’ Photograph: Martin Pope/Getty Images

It’s hard to get romantic about the death of office jobs.

Nobody waxes lyrical about the glory days of working in payroll, and Bruce Springsteen doesn’t fill stadiums with soaring anthems about middle management headcount. But whether the recipient’s collar is white or blue, getting made redundant is getting made redundant, and it hurts.