Headcount reduction of 90,000 civil servants is ‘unrealistic’ and poor way to manage government, says FDA union chief
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Ministers are “picking a number out of the air” when setting civil service staffing targets amid reports the government wants to reduce its headcount by about 90,000, the head of a union has said.
The prime minister is understood to have given the cabinet the task of cutting staff by a fifth, saying every bit of cash saved on government spending could be better used elsewhere.
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