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Donald Trump to slash workforce at US education department

Halving of staff thought to be precursor to campaign pledge of shutting down the agency

The Trump administration has slashed almost half the workforce of the US education department, in a step towards the president’s pledge to abolish the agency.

The education department said on Tuesday it was on its “final mission” as it announced it would lay off more than 1,300 workers.

The move comes as President Donald Trump considers whether to issue an executive order to shut the department, though an act of Congress would be needed to abolish it entirely.

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