Natural wastage will save money at DoE

The Department of Education is looking to its own staff to help it find ways to reduce costs in the new economic climate.

Following the re-negotiation of the common-purse agreement, all the departments of the Manx Government are being asked to examine their outgoings and find savings.

Eighty per cent of the DoE's £100 million annual budget is taken up by salaries, and Education Minister Anne Craine has confirmed natural wastage will be used as a means to save money in the coming years: