Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has announced plans to cut 72,000 civil service jobs to finance an increase in defense expenditure to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2030. The cuts are expected to return the civil service to pre-Covid levels.
Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has announced plans to cut 72,000 civil service jobs to finance an increase in defense expenditure to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2030. The cuts are expected to return the civil service to pre-Covid levels.