Several government posts followed, including junior budget and junior interior ministers, and he served as government spokesman from 2002 to 2007.
Two-thousand posts have already been lost through budget cuts.
Staff in the 50 newly-identified posts will be sent letters before the budget papers are published, Mr Bluh said.
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South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) said it was axing the posts "with much regret" because of "budget cuts".
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More than 130 police officer and staff posts are set to go in Hertfordshire to meet budget cutbacks, the new police and crime commissioner has revealed.
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He himself cut his teeth in lowly posts in Roosevelt's administration and in Truman's budget office.
Derby City Council needs to cut up to a further 350 posts as it struggles with "mounting pressure" on its budget, it has revealed.
An estimated 1, 100 council posts will be cut at Leicestershire County Council over the next four years under budget proposals announced this week.
Eighteen posts are going in the education department but that is mainly due to the budget there being transferred to schools who have become academies.
An estimated 1, 100 council posts will be cut at Leicestershire County Council over the next four years under new budget proposals.
BBC: Leicestershire County Council to axe another 1,100 jobs
The new finance minister has held a number of cabinet posts, including the transport and education portfolios and is currently a member of the Lower House budget committee and was manager of Koizumi's campaign to head the LDP.
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