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Author:  pcernie [ Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:06 am ]
Post subject:  Spending review: Job cuts as Osborne reaches deal with MoD
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23018465

Oh yeah, civilian staff are the big problem at the MOD :roll:
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sun Jun 23, 2013 4:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spending review: Job cuts as Osborne reaches deal with MoD
pcernie wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23018465
Oh yeah, civilian staff are the big problem at the MOD :roll:

Actually, they kind of are. D'you know how many civilian staff are in the MoD's procurement department?
Author:  pcernie [ Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spending review: Job cuts as Osborne reaches deal with MoD
jonbwfc wrote:
pcernie wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23018465
Oh yeah, civilian staff are the big problem at the MOD :roll:

Actually, they kind of are. D'you know how many civilian staff are in the MoD's procurement department?


Is that who we're blaming all the really bad procurement decisions on? ;)
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spending review: Job cuts as Osborne reaches deal with MoD
pcernie wrote:
jonbwfc wrote:
pcernie wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23018465
Oh yeah, civilian staff are the big problem at the MOD :roll:

Actually, they kind of are. D'you know how many civilian staff are in the MoD's procurement department?

Is that who we're blaming all the really bad procurement decisions on? ;)

Yeah, them. Last I head the MoD's procurement department (technically 'Defence Equipment and Support') had 20,000 staff. Twenty thousand. That's one for every seven members of the armed forces. 'Overstaffed' is a massive understatement.
Author:  pcernie [ Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spending review: Job cuts as Osborne reaches deal with MoD
I agree (I seem to recall an Eye article where, guess what, privatisation was mooted), but is it really taking that many people to make billion pound screw-ups? It's the same deal in terms of senior staff with the services themselves as I understand it.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spending review: Job cuts as Osborne reaches deal with MoD
pcernie wrote:
I agree (I seem to recall an Eye article where, guess what, privatisation was mooted), but is it really taking that many people to make billion pound screw-ups? It's the same deal in terms of senior staff with the services themselves as I understand it.

Oh the armed forces are very top heavy. If I remember correctly we've got more Admirals than ships.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun Jun 23, 2013 7:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spending review: Job cuts as Osborne reaches deal with MoD
Quote:
Labour said the economy was facing a "difficult few years".

Even Labour have significantly underestimated the severity of the financial crisis. :roll:

I thought that there already have been significant sackings of frontline troops.
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