Rachel Reeves is preparing to cut 10,000 civil service jobs as part of a sweeping £2bn Whitehall savings drive, ahead of a spring statement she has warned will involve “hard” choices.
The Labour chancellor has ordered mandarins to slash 15 per cent from departmental administrative budgets by 2029–30 – saving an estimated £2.2bn a year – and pledged the money will be redirected to “frontline” services.
