Thursday, May 13, 2010

New Culture Secretary looks for £66 million cuts

From Alistair Smith in The Stage:
Newly appointed culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked civil servants at the Department for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport to investigate how the department can make savings to cover £66 million of cuts.

Hunt was appointed as Secretary of State to the renamed department yesterday. Speaking last night, he told the BBC: “If [planned spending] cuts were done evenly across all departments, then in my department that would mean about a £66 million cut. And I have had discussions with civil servants in my department today, one of the first things I did, to ask how we can best find those savings without affecting the frontline services for which we’re responsible."

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:46 pm

    Cut Executives out at BBC- There's 21 million, and make them pay back expenses!

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  2. Anonymous11:24 pm

    > Cut Executives out at BBC- There's 21 million, and make them pay back expenses!

    Thanks for that, Mr Murdoch.

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