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Civil service cuts lagging behind

Staff cuts across Whitehall will need to increase if the government is to meet its target for headcount reductions by 2015, the Institute for Governme

29 AUG 2013

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Public Finance lead on civil service headcount reductions, before discussing the central theme of our new Whitehall Monitor 2013 report - that while government has increased the availability of data, it has not led to a greater understanding of Whitehall's overall performance.

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