Clichéd description of government cuts often used in news gig, shamelessly (9)
I believe the answer is:
swingeing
'cliched description of government cuts often' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'in news gig shamelessly' is the wordplay.
'shamelessly' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'in'+'news'+'gig'='innewsgig'
'innewsgig' is an anagram of 'SWINGEING'.
'used' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for swingeing that I've seen before include "Painfully severe (cuts, fine)" , "Extreme" , "Huge" , "Thumping" .)