Edge: 'Recruitment control framework unlikely to work'

Efforts to control the size and structure of the public sector have been criticised by an Onchan MHK for not being ‘visionary’.

A new ‘recruitment control framework’ for the Isle of Man Government was unveiled this week as part of plans to deliver £10 million in savings.

Departments will now need to justify that new hires are ‘absolutely necessary’ and applications to fill vacant roles will go before a panel.

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But Julie Edge told Manx Radio she isn’t convinced it will work: