PCS responds to Cabinet Office redundancies
Union says government's topsy turvy plan is putting the cart before the horse
Responding to today’s announcement of up to 400 voluntary redundancies at the Cabinet Office, Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union general secretary Fran Heathcote said:
“To cut jobs in the Cabinet Office before restructuring the Cabinet Office is topsy turvy management.
“How can the government shed jobs before knowing which jobs are needed in the future? Ministers are putting the cart before the horse.
“After a week of unacceptable civil service-bashing from members of the new government, this announcement is extremely disappointing.
“People voted for change, not for a continuation of damaging plans to cut civil service jobs.
“We expect better from a Labour government and our members deserve better than to be told, just before Christmas, they might be losing their jobs in the New Year.”
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