Secret MoD plan to shrink comms team and cut costs

Under the plans,some 1,200 military and civilian posts are to go from the MoD's 4,365 staff at its central London HQ by next April. It is proposed that ten posts be scrapped in the 136-strongDirectorateGeneral Media and Communications (DGMC), which oversees the ministry's press office and...

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Published in:PR Week 2008, p.01
Main Author: Ripley, Tim
Format: Newsletterarticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative agencies
Cost control
Cost reduction
Downsizing
Government agencies
Public relations
Redundancy
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Summary:Under the plans,some 1,200 military and civilian posts are to go from the MoD's 4,365 staff at its central London HQ by next April. It is proposed that ten posts be scrapped in the 136-strongDirectorateGeneral Media and Communications (DGMC), which oversees the ministry's press office and PR activities.Thiswillcut?499,6l4 off the DGMC's annual ?8,014,839 staffing costs.
ISSN:0267-6087