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Capita reveals £40m profit hit from Civil Service pension failures

Capita's shares plummeted by 18 per cent on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Capita reveals earnings hit of up to £40m from Civil Service pension failures

The outsourcing giant expects underlying operating profits to be knocked by between £25 million and £40 million from the contract issues.

Evening Standard

Capita apologises for civil service pension failures as shares hit

Cabinet officer Nick Thomas-Symonds said Capita’s pension scheme contract was a ‘prime candidate’ to be brought back under Government management.

Evening Standard

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Capita shares plunge following civil service pension scheme failures

Cabinet officer Nick Thomas-Symonds pledged to recover 'every single penny' from Capita

The Independent UK

Thousands waiting on pension payments after Capita misses crucial deadline: ‘It’s unacceptable’

Capita has officially missed the government’s June 30 deadline to deliver the full terms of its £239 million Civil Service Pensions contract, PCS said

The Independent UK

Press Release: ICANN86 Policy Forum Brings Global Internet Community to Seville

BRUSSELS, May 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will hold its 86th Public Meeting, the ICANN86 Policy Forum in Seville, Spain, from 8–11 June 2026 at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre. Hosted by the Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service,…

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New Year Honours 2026: Full list of people to receive a Knighthood, MBE, OBE CBE or other title

A full list of all those being recognised in the King’s New Year Honours

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New year honours list 2026 in full as hundreds awarded for service

Honours as part of orders of chivalry have been given by monarchs since the Middle Ages

The Independent UK

Civil Service workforce jumps 3,000 to highest level for nearly 20 years

Headcount is nearly a third higher than it was at the time of the EU referendum in June 2016.

Evening Standard

Reform UK to axe 68,000 civil service jobs if they win next general election

The MP insisted the party’s plans would improve working in central government

The Independent UK

Reform’s Kruger under fire for warning of ‘LGBT-supporting’ left-wing parties

East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger said the UK could be led by an ‘appalling Hamas-supporting, LGBT-supporting nationalist party’.

Evening Standard

Government launches crackdown on ‘inappropriate’ Civil Service events

Mandarins will now need approval from senior managers before holding such events.

Evening Standard

Civil Service workforce up 2,000 to almost 20-year high, figures suggest

The last time the headcount was higher than the current figure was in June 2006.

Evening Standard

Ex-Civil Service chief Simon Case warns of near future ‘dominated’ by conflict

Sir Simon Case, who stood down as Cabinet secretary in December, made the warning in his first major interview since leaving the job.

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Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London as government cuts costs

New regional hubs are set to open across the country

The Independent UK

Thousands of civil servants to leave London as Government cuts costs

The Government plans to cut the number of civil servants in London by 12,000.

Evening Standard

Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London as 11 Government offices set to close

Some 12,000 civil service jobs will be moved out of London and 11 Government office buildings shut

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Cabinet Office to cut a third of jobs as Labour shrink civil service

THE Cabinet Office's workforce will be slashed by a third as Labour seek to accelerate plans to reform the civil service, the UK Government has…

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Cabinet Office to cut thousands of jobs as Government shrinks Civil Service

Around 1,200 people will be made redundant

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office to cut its workforce by a third as Government shrinks Civil Service

Some 1,200 people will be made redundant and another 900 transferred to other departments under plans announced on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Cabinet Office to shed 2,100 jobs as Government shrinks Civil Service

Some 1,200 people will be made redundant and another 900 transferred to other departments under plans announced on Thursday.

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Sue Gray Slams 'Insults' and Warns of Chaos If Civil Service Faces Brutal Cuts

Sue Gray, once known as the steely investigator at the heart of the Partygate scandal, has made her first official appearance in the House of Lords—and she didn’t hold back.

The Independent UK

Sue Gray urges caution over Civil Service cuts while hitting out at insults

Officials are central to the Labour administration’s mission to realise economic growth, the Labour peer said in her maiden speech.

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Rachel Reeves Hit with £15 Billion Budget Bombshell as Surging Welfare Spending Exposed

Rachel Reeves is facing a serious financial headache ahead of her Spring Statement — a whopping £15 billion shortfall.

Evening Standard

Spring Statement 2025: What you can expect including taxes, benefits and spending cuts

The Chancellor is expected to reveal significant cuts to the Civil Service as well as unveil further details of the cuts to benefits and disability payments

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