Power cuts

The soft power mood music is still miserable. According to politico.eu, The British Council is expecting cuts in funding from the Foreign Office which could see 400 job losses. 

An internal consultation document emailed to staff and seen by politico lists 784 jobs “in scope” across the U.K. and Europe, with at least 404 roles expected to be “displaced”, amounting to 15 percent of total current staff. 

The Council is largely self-funding from its English language teaching and exams divisions, but it still receives around £160 million a year in government grants.  That could be cut by £50m.