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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.

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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

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

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

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

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Britain's 'flabby' state to be reformed vows PM Keir Starmer - amid claim civil servants could be paid more

Sir Keir Starmer will set out plans to cut regulation and make Whitehall more efficient in a speech on Thursday

Evening Standard

PM to attack ‘cottage industry of blockers’ as he vows to cut red tape

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to set out plans to cut regulation and make Whitehall more efficient in an intervention on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Downing Street rejects ‘chainsaw’ characterisation of Civil Service reforms

‘There is no approach here where we are taking a chainsaw to the system,’ the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said.

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

Home Office chief announces he will leave department in March

Sir Matthew Rycroft previously served in leading roles in international development and the Foreign Office.

Evening Standard

Civil servants could face sack if they fail to save taxpayer cash

Cabinet Office minister Pay McFadden said senior mandarins should be encouraged to ensure value for money and be held responsible for it.

Evening Standard

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’.

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Evening Standard

Former Gordon Brown spokesman to drive UK’s efforts to reset EU relations

Michael Ellam returns to the Civil Service after more than a decade at HSBC.

Evening Standard

Civil Service chief tells officials to ‘relish opportunities’ of Starmer reforms

In an address to the civil service, new Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald said officials would have to change the way they work.

The Independent UK

Cabinet Office to cut 400 roles to create ‘smaller, more effective’ department

The voluntary job losses are intended to create a ‘clearer structure’ for the Cabinet Office, which sits at the heart of government.

Evening Standard

Spending squeeze ‘could cost more than 10,000 Civil Service jobs’

Ministers want the Civil Service to be ‘more efficient and effective’.

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Starmer sends letter of praise to civil servants after ‘managed decline’ remarks

The Prime Minister said the Civil Service was ‘admired across the world’ after a backlash to his comments last week.

Evening Standard

Civil Service needs ‘innovators and disrupters’, McFadden says

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster cited Airbnb, WhatsApp and Spotify as examples of start-ups the Civil Service could emulate.

Evening Standard

Reform of the state is ‘essential’, says McFadden

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden will call for the Civil Service to adopt the ‘test and learn’ approach seen in the private sector.

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

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

International Business Times UK

ONS Report: UK Remote Workers Sleep 24 More Minutes And Work 10 Minutes Less Than In-Office Peers

ONS revealed remote civil servants sleep more, work less, and enjoy better work-life balance, while hybrid work reshapes productivity across the public sector.

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