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Report: UK's DCMS Facing Massive Layoffs

By james_fudge

Gameindustry.biz reports that the United Kingdom's Department for Culture, Media and Sport will lay off 35 - 50 percent of its staff, following a proposal to the treasury by culture secretary Jeremy Hunt. According to the report, Hunt's plan is to scale back the 590 strong workforce by 35 to 50 percent, according to The Guardian, and will downsize his own personal space to a smaller office. If the plan goes through, cuts could range between 206 - 290 people when it is complete.

Gameindustry.biz opines that the long-term effects on government's support for culture and arts could be staggering and that the department is already one of the least funded in the government at £2.1 billion. This could either slow or completely stymie efforts to secure government backed incentives for the games industry in the long term. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on July 21, 2010 (boomark / email).