Civil Service

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National Audit Office launches review into Capita over civil service pensions

Capita HQ

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

Dame Antonia Romeo appointed Cabinet Secretary

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

Reform’s Kruger vows to change Civil Service code to ban ‘woke agenda’

Kemi Badenoch to focus on economy in leader’s speech to Tory conference

Tories pledge to scrap business rates for shops and pubs

Government launches crackdown on ‘inappropriate’ Civil Service events

More than 100 civil servants set to be cut from security vetting and Cobra teams

Civil service internships to be restricted to working class

Cleverly hits out at populist ‘fantasy’ amid London mayor bid speculation

Foreign Office set to shrink by up to 25%, says top mandarin

Ex-deputy PM Therese Coffey claims civil servants advised her to break the law

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

Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning if they disagree on Gaza

China’s proposed ‘super embassy poses super risk’ to security, Tories claim

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.
Christopher McKeon, PA Political Correspondent

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

Reeves announces plans to make state ‘leaner’ and ‘more productive’

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaving 11 Downing Street, London, for the House of Commons to deliver her spring statement to MPs (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Industry figures call for further investment in AI to boost UK economy

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

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

Civil service to be ordered to cut £2bn from budget

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

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

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

Downing Street rejects ‘chainsaw’ characterisation of Civil Service reforms

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’.
David Hughes, PA Political Editor

‘Moral case’ to cut welfare bill, says minister as Reeves bids to balance books

Evidence of misuse prompts major Whitehall review of procurement cards

Home Office chief announces he will leave department in March

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

Plus Peter Rhodes on bureaucrats, battles and the value of a little bronze cross

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

Reform of the state is ‘essential’, says McFadden

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

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

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

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

Minister ‘misinterpreted’ after referring to ‘blob activist’ Tory MP

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

UK politicians may follow Trump’s approach, former Civil Service chief says

Civil Service needs ‘innovators and disrupters’, McFadden says

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

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Civil Service ‘Humphrey’ AI tools aim to cut back spending and speed up work

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

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Civil service needs a shake-up. Where have we heard that before?

Tories demand investigation into Labour donor’s appointment to Civil Service job

Truss asks Civil Service to probe ‘slurs’ against her in King’s Speech papers

References to Liz Truss removed from King’s Speech papers after ex-PM complains

Truss claims civil service breach as mini-budget trashed in King’s Speech paper

Civil Service union welcomes Labour message but warns of ‘tough choices’ on pay

Parties reminded to uphold impartiality of Civil Service amid election rows

Fact check: £23.36bn in Sunak tax claim does not come from civil service figures

Opposition policy costings ‘one of grubbiest’ Whitehall processes – ex-mandarin

Civil servants should not ‘cost’ opposition policies, peer says

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