Gordon (Fuhrer-in-Waiting) and his sums

Gordon's sums intrigue the Gorse Fox. Must try harder, and please show your workings:

In 2004 Gordon determines to reduce UK Government Workers (UKGW2004)

• Herr Chancellor commits to reduce Central Governement Workers (CGW) by 84,000; and
• Devolved Bureacracies (DB) by 24,000.
• Therefore: UK Governement Workers (UKGW2004) = CGW-84,00 + DB-2000.

You're with the GF so far?
Come on, keep up at the back, there.

So today, GF sees an article in the newspaper revealing an increase in UKGW...

Let us review the workings:

• UKGW2004 = CGW + DB + X
  where X represents other areas of HMG
• CGW2005 = CGW - 84,000
• DB2005 = DB - 20,000
• Therefore:
  UKGW2005 = UKGW2004 - 104,000

Right?

No wrong... UKGW2005 = UKGW2004 + 95,000.

As our American friends would say... Go figure.

[File under: Brown,Politics, Deceit]