Jeremy Hunt defends civil service job cuts to increase defence spending

BBC News— The chancellor says cutting services will cost "a great deal less" than allowing Russia to succeed in Ukraine.

dailym.ai—The UK can cut taxes AND increase defence spending, Rishi Sunak says as he insists the economy is strong enough. The Prime Minister dismissed claims from Labour that his dramatic pledge to spend an extra £75 billion on defence by the end of the decade was not fully funded.

www.counterpunch.org—The Australian Defence Formula: Spend! Spend! Spend!. The skin toasted Australian Minister of Defence, Richard Marles, who resembles, with each day, the product of an overly worked solarium, was adamant. Not only will Australians be paying a bill up to and above A$368 billion for nuclear powered submarines it does not need; it will also be throwing A$100 billion into the coffers of More

ETtech.com—job cuts: Top IT companies cut over 72,000 jobs in FY24. Once known for hiring hundreds of thousands every year, five of India’s top six information technology services companies reported a reduction of 73,600 in their total headcount in the last fiscal yearHCLTech, the third largest, was the only exception among the top six, as it added 1,537 employees in the year ended March 31, even as Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra and LTIMindtree reported a fall in their headcount. After accounting for the addition at HCLTech, the...