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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ashley Cowburn

Rishi Sunak scraps Boris Johnson's proposal to axe 91,000 Civil Service jobs

Rishi Sunak has scrapped proposals to axe 91,000 Civil Service jobs as he criticised "top-down targets" set under Boris Johnson's Government.

The controversial policy - to reduce the Civil Service by a fifth - caused uproar among unions representing Government employees and threats of strike action.

The Prime Minister's official spokesperson said there would still be reductions in the Civil Service - but insisted there would be no "specific target".

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