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MoD to cut 5,000 civil service jobs in drive to reduce costs
November 22, 2024
|The Guardian
More than 5,000 civil service jobs are to go at the Ministry of Defence in a drive to cut costs, prompting alarm among trade unions.
Dave Williams, the MoD's permanent secretary, said the ministry was aiming to lose 10% of its 56,800 staff by the end of the parliament. It has already shed thousands under the previous government through a hiring freeze, which was due to end in March 2025.
The target was revealed by Williams at a hearing of the defence committee, and comes after John Healey, the defence secretary, said on Wednesday that he would be making cuts to equipment to save £500m.
هذه القصة من طبعة November 22, 2024 من The Guardian.
اشترك في Magzter GOLD للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة، وأكثر من 9000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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