Wag Criticised As Civil-Servant Numbers Double While Private Sector Workforce Falls ; Private Sector Slams Rise As Businesses Face Struggles
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TODAY we can reveal full details of the huge increase in the size of the Assembly Government civil service since devolution in 1999.
Figures released to the Western Mail show there has been an increase in the number of employees every year since 1999, with the total staffing level now well over double what it was then.See the full content of this document
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Wag Criticised As Civil-Servant Numbers Double While Private Sector Workforce Falls ; Private Sector Slams Rise As Businesses Face Struggles
Last night business leaders contrasted the rise in civil service jobs with the way many private sector employers have shed jobs over the same period.
And they expressed astonishment at the size of the Assembly Government's human resources department, which last year stood at 380.In 1999 - the year the National Assembly was established - the pre-devolution Welsh Office had 2,358.7 full-time equivalent employees.By the end of ...See the full content of this document
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