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Government running costs will be cut by 15% by the end of the decade says Rachel Reeves

The savings would be made from back office and administrative roles rather than front-line services.

10,000 civil job cuts rumoured on top of Streetings 30,000 nhs job cuts amounting to £500M

£2bn savings by the end of the decade apparently (equivalent to seven days interest payments on the national debt)

As of December 2024, an estimated 547,735 people were employed by the Civil Service according to the Office for National Statistics. This includes temporary and casual employees.

Will the civil service be better off for the 15% haircut, or is it another headline grabber. Overall the financial savings are trivial.

How will this impact frontline services.

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By *otMe66Man
2 weeks ago

Terra Firma

I think this will fly under the radar, it needs to say Trump has said the civil service needs to be cut by 15%, led by DOGE.

that should get some attention now.

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By *eoBloomsMan
2 weeks ago

Springfield

I'd rather the people they have worked more productively - Civil Service productivity is awful and getting worse. If they cut jobs without improving performance the public will get even worse services.

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By *arakiss12TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bedford

I'm guessing they'll cut the Tory voters who work in the civil service.

Would be mad if they cut the Labour ones.

So will they be redeployed or thrown on the Vauxhall, Steel workers, NHS Adminers scrap pile.

All this sounds like austerity.

I'm also guessing the newly made redundant people will stop buying goods n services and utilities and now land on benefits without passing go.

Not looking good.

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By *exy_HornyCouple
2 weeks ago

Leigh

The big question is “will anyone notice”?

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By *wosmilersCouple
2 weeks ago

Heathrowish

They can probably lose that number through natural wastage.

The big question is, if they lose critical staff, can they redeploy those considered working in surplus roles to the critical posts that become available?

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By *ellhungvweMan
2 weeks ago

Cheltenham

I think the real problem is the absolute obscene wastage of money on projects that are abysmally managed. You look at what is spent on consultancies that fail to deliver - it will blow your mind.

I did a review of a technology project once that had burned through well over £100m - mainly on consultancy fees, day rates etc. The reality was that it could have been done by a bunch of grads as their first intern project and would have come in for just over a couple hundred thousand. My review wasn’t well received

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By *os19Man
1 week ago

Edmonton

As someone that works in the civil services as a admin officer I was not ready to take the Voluntary Exit Scheme offered to me and my colleagues between 2014 - 2016.However now at 57 years of age if it was offered tomorrow and with me be entitled to my work pension I would probably take it if it was offered again.

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