Brexit could lead to a huge reduction in Whitehall's civil service according to Jacob Rees Mogg who believes leaving the EU should prompt a cull in the government workforce.
The Tory Minister for Brexit Opportunities believes 45,000 jobs could axed in a post-Brexit down-sizing of the state.
The former leader of the Commons has been given the dual responsibility for the domestic elements of Brexit alongside the civil service reform programme in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s mini-reshuffle..