The Latest Breaking News from Civil Service

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.

The Fashion Central · Mar 26, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2025

Confusion at top of government over how many jobs could be cut from civil service

Chancellor said there would be 10,000 job losses but the transport secretary said there is no target

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2025

Rachel Reeves faces wrath of unions over cuts to Britain's bloated Civil Service as '50,000 jobs could go'

Chancellor says she was ‘confident’ Civil Service numbers could be reduced by 10,000, but one union chief says the cuts could lead to some 50,000 staff being let go

Evening Standard · Mar 23, 2025

Civil service credit cards to be frozen by UK Government

Civil Service credit cards will be frozen this week under plans to reduce their numbers by 50 per cent and slash UK Government spending ...

The National (Scotland) · Mar 18, 2025

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

Sir Keir Starmer will set out his plans for radical reform of the way the state works, placing a greater emphasis on AI and technology.

Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025

Antonia Romeo named as new top civil servant at the Home Office

Dame Antonia replaces Sir Matthew Rycroft, who announced in February he would leave the Home Office after a 35-year Civil Service career.

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2025

Starmer: Civil Service reforms will ‘maximise collective power of the state’

Sir Keir Starmer has written to half a million civil servants promising to ‘transform your work for the better’.

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025

Ed Miliband panned as department hiring £50k 'vanity photographer'

ED Miliband’s department is hiring a taxpayer-funded “vanity photographer” on a package worth around £50,000 a year.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 27, 2025

Tories hit out at ‘hypocrite’ Miliband as his department hires a photographer

As Labour leader, Ed Miliband criticised then-prime minister David Cameron for bringing his personal photographer into government.

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2025