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July 24, 2014

Express journalists condemn Richard Desmond as ‘Britain’s greediest billionaire’ and pledge fight against 200 job cuts

By William Turvill

Express Newspapers journalists have condemned owner Richard Desmond as “Britain’s greediest billionaire” after they were told the company is seeking 200 job cuts.

Staff were yesterday sent a letter from group editorial director Paul Ashford telling them that the workforce across “print editorial departments” would be cut from 650 to 450.

With jobs targeted across offices in London, Broughton and Scotland, Express Newspapers is inviting voluntary redundancies until the end of next month when it may be forced to make compulsory job cuts.

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