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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

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

How many people work in the UK Civil Service?

Two Government departments together account for more than a third of the Civil Service headcount.

The Independent UK

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Spring statement will not ‘alter the basics’, PM insists when questioned on cuts

The Prime Minister said his Government was ‘looking across the board’ at spending, when asked if cuts were coming for unprotected departments.

Evening Standard

Unions warn about effect on vital services after Chancellor confirms job cuts

FDA general secretary Dave Penman said a 10% cut in the entire salary bill of the Civil Service could mean up to 50,000 jobs may be cut.

Evening Standard

Reeves denies UK on path to austerity as she confirms 15% Civil Service cuts

It comes after a backlash to cuts to welfare spending and a decision to slash the aid budget to fund a boost to defence spending.

The Independent UK

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

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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)

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

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

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

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)

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

Government missions at risk without urgent Civil Service reform – think tank

Research found ‘little evidence’ that the Government’s overarching plans had ‘truly gripped Whitehall’.

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Covid campaigners criticise Wormald’s promotion to Civil Service top job

Sir Chris Wormald will leave his role as the senior official at the Department of Health and Social Care to become the new Cabinet Secretary.

Evening Standard

Sir Chris Wormald confirmed as UK’s new top civil servant

The current permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care will succeed Simon Case as Cabinet Secretary

Evening Standard

Late Queen’s top aide recalls talks over what would happen if Boris Johnson died of Covid

A royal insider has ended his ‘omerta’ to lift the lid on confidential discussions of state he had at a rainy Battersea bus stop in 2020

The Independent UK

Late Queen’s top aide breaks silence on handling a ‘seat of the pants’ crisis

A royal insider has ended his ‘omerta’ to lift the lid on confidential discussions of state he had at a rainy Battersea bus stop in 2020.

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Watchdog ‘largely satisfied’ with Labour Civil Service appointments after review

The Civil Service Commission began a review after several people with close links to the Labour Party were hired outside of normal processes

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer slams Tories amid row over Civil Service 'cronyism' under Labour

Conservatives demand PM ‘stop the rot’ after early rows for new government

The National (Scotland)

Tory chair mocked for publishing top UK civil servant's letter admonishing him

THE Tories have been rapped by the UK’s most senior civil servant after trying to bring the neutral civil service into the General Election…

Evening Standard

Rainbow lanyards don't bother me, Grant Shapps says after 'common sense minister' urges crackdown

PM’s spokesman denies any rift after Esther McVey equated gay rights with political activism

Evening Standard

OPINION - 'We're not in lockdown, we should all be spending more time working together in office,' civil servants told

Cabinet Office minister John Glen writes in The Standard that civil servants should be spending less time wfh

Evening Standard

Whitehall chiefs pushed to get civil servants back in office for 60% of working week

Civil servants in some departments have been accused of being slow to return to their desks

The Independent UK

Long-term Civil Service reform would detract from PM’s priorities, says minister

Francis Maude proposed a series of changes to Whitehall’s bureaucracy but the Government has ruled out ‘long-term’ reform.

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