Civil service job cuts less severe

Cost-cutting and a reorganisation is now expected to cost 13,500 civil service jobs, not 15,000 as earlier estimated, home affairs minister Guusje ter Horst said on Wednesday.


Where the cuts will fall will be decided after the summer break, the minister said.

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