A body which represents civil servants has announced concern about the Welsh government's plans to lay off hundreds of staff. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) spokesperson said: "We are concerned about the likely effects on workload and work-life balance for staff." The government's economy office is to shed at least 250 jobs, or a quarter of total staff levels, in order to bolster the economic renewal programme recently outlined by the Deputy First Minister. The announcement is not directly linked to the UK government's spending cuts but unions expressed their worries about the size of the measures.