Purchasing job cuts 'could backfire on savings plans'
28 August 2012
CIPS has warned that any cut in the number of public-sector purchasers could backfire on the government's savings targets.
The warning comes as the government prepares its annual spending review, used by Whitehall to set out buying strategies and due to be published next Monday (12 July).
It will be based in part on the controversial efficiency review by Sir Peter Gershon, leaked to the media in February. Gershon, who until April was the first chief executive of the Office of...