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Spending review: Job cuts as Osborne reaches deal with MoD
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pcernie
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23018465Oh yeah, civilian staff are the big problem at the MOD 
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| Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:06 am |
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jonbwfc
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Actually, they kind of are. D'you know how many civilian staff are in the MoD's procurement department?
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pcernie
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Is that who we're blaming all the really bad procurement decisions on?  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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jonbwfc
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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.
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pcernie
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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.
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jonbwfc
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Oh the armed forces are very top heavy. If I remember correctly we've got more Admirals than ships.
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Even Labour have significantly underestimated the severity of the financial crisis. I thought that there already have been significant sackings of frontline troops. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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