PAC criticises ministry of defence’s 7.5 per cent cuts strategy

However, MPs encourage that the MoD is taking active steps to tackle low morale caused by the cuts.

By New Statesman Published 25 May 2012
New Statesman
A missile system manned by members of the British Royal Artillery during a media demonstration. Photograph: Getty Images.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has gone ahead with the 7.5 per cent cuts at an estimated saving of £4.1bn between 2011 and 2015 to its military and civilian workforce without a proper understanding of what skills it will need in the future, according to a report titled Ministry of Defence: Managing Change in the Defence Workforce released by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today.

 
 

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