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Aviva: New jobs at risk "in line" with chairman's strategy

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Aviva has claimed the 800 at-risk jobs among “middle management and below” are in line with its chairman’s plan to simplify the business.

After chairman John McFarlane revealed his plan in July to scale back layers of management from nine to five as part of an effort to claw back £400m in expenses, the firm embarked on a redundancy

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