So Geoffrey (sorry George) Osbourn talks about not affecting the military but reducing the size of the MOD CS. So, with a reducing size of the military across the board and now a even smaller CS component, who is going to take on the workload of the CS component???
For example, if you look at the DE&S area, jobs are done by CS and military, CS reduce and military go back to front line, job doesn't get done, affecting frontline troops.
On station, jobs undertaken by CS now done by military; OCs start saying my guy (or girl) is employed to 'x', so whyare they doing 'y'.
Yes, there is a group within the CS who, dare I say it, are a waste of space, there to collect their pay packet; but many people are there for the right reasons, that is to be a key member of the MOD and support the troops of any the Armed Forces.