Starmer’s plans to shape up ‘flabby’ Civil Service could trigger union clash

The Prime Minister is planning reforms to the Civil Service (PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer faces a clash with Civil Service unions after vowing to reshape the “flabby” state and slash the cost of bureaucracy.

The Prime Minister said the Civil Service had grown by 130,000 since the Brexit referendum but services had not improved and it was “overstretched, unfocussed and unable to deliver the security people need”.