Chancellor Rachel Reeves Plans 15% Civil Service Budget Cut, Aiming to Axe 10,000 Jobs

The warfare state can rescue Britain

Remember “securonomics”? Once the leitmotif for Joe Biden’s administration, it was enthusiastically embraced by Rachel Reeves as shadow chancellor in a landmark speech she gave in the US capital in May 2023. Prioritising national economic strength and resilience in the face of an uncertain world, she said, was going to usher in a new settlement to replace the failed Washington consensus of hyper-globalisation, free trade and outsourced industria…

Rachel Reeves's civil service cuts must be a spur for reform

Rachel Reeves's civil service cuts must be a spur for reform sam.macrory Mon, 24/03/2025 - 14:10 How can the government successfully approach civil service savings? 4 Comment Alex Thomas Institute for Government Yes Rachel Reeves is right to resist setting a headcount target for civil service cuts. Civil service Civil servants Civil service reform Spring statement Public spending Labour Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Chancellor of the ex…

Labour Government could axe free period products in schools as part of 'austerity' drive

Labour Ministers are also considering an end to free school meals for some infants as part of the cost-saving plan.

What’s in Rachel Reeves’s spring statement?

👉Listen to Politics At Sam And Anne’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy present their guide to the day ahead in British politics.With two days …

The UK is laying off 10,000 employees from the public sector. Currently, more than 500,000 people work in the British civil service. Article More than 10,000 budgeters will be fired, the announcement from the Ministry of Finance: “We will respect the tax rules, despite the turbulence” appears for the first time on Romania TV.

UK chancellor to cut 10,000 civil service jobs in savings drive, sparking union backlash

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing to cut 10,000 civil service jobs as part of a sweeping £2bn (€2.3bn) Whitehall savings drive, ahead of a spring statement she has warned will involve “hard” choices.