This seems to be an increase on previous announcements -
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/321adede-8b19-11dc-95f7-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
Up to 9,000 workers who buy and maintain equipment for the armed forces face losing their jobs under confidential cost-saving plans being drawn up by defence officials.
Senior managers at the Ministry of Defences procurement and logistics arm have been told to identify ways to cut the civilian payroll by up to a third without threatening services to frontline troops.
Separately, ministers are close to approving details of a voluntary redundancy programme across the whole MoD, set to be announced by the new year. The cost-saving measures are described as an effort to redirect resources to the front lines.
People familiar with the discussions said the 28,000-strong DE&S, which uses about 40 per cent of the MoD budget, could be trimmed to 19,000 by 2011. Accelerating the job cuts may require compulsory redundancies something the department said it wanted to avoid.
Senior managers at the Ministry of Defences procurement and logistics arm have been told to identify ways to cut the civilian payroll by up to a third without threatening services to frontline troops.
Separately, ministers are close to approving details of a voluntary redundancy programme across the whole MoD, set to be announced by the new year. The cost-saving measures are described as an effort to redirect resources to the front lines.
People familiar with the discussions said the 28,000-strong DE&S, which uses about 40 per cent of the MoD budget, could be trimmed to 19,000 by 2011. Accelerating the job cuts may require compulsory redundancies something the department said it wanted to avoid.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/321adede-8b19-11dc-95f7-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1