Feb 2008: "Massive job cuts have been announced at the Department for Work and Pensions - with some 12,000 positions to be axed over the next three years". "Mr Purnell has insisted that, despite 30,000 job cuts in the department over the last three years, productivity at the DWP was up by 11%" (Sky News website)
Aug 2008: "To give you an idea of scale this will involve increasing the number of crisis loan DMs for living expenses from around 800 today to 1500 people"
Funny old business...
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