US EditionMore than 100 civil servants set to be cut from security vetting and Cobra teams
- More than 100 jobs could be cut from UK Security Vetting as part of government plans to reduce the Civil Service workforce by 2,100 positions overall.
- The Cabinet Office aims to lower staff levels at UKSV to 780 full-time roles from just under 900.
- Fran Heathcote, general secretary of the PCS union, emphasized that the cuts would negatively affect essential government functions, including national security.
- A UK Government spokesperson stated that the intention is to make the department more strategic and smaller to better serve the public.
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More than 100 civil servants set to be cut from security vetting and Cobra teams
The proposed cuts are part of wider plans to reduce the Civil Service headcount.
Civil Service cuts: 100 security vetting jobs face axe
More than 100 civil servants face potential job cuts from the organisation responsible for security vetting as the Government pushes ahead with plans to reduce the size of the Civil Service. The Cabinet Office has proposed slashing staff numbers at UK Security Vetting (UKSV) from just under 900 to 780 full-time roles. | The latest National and International News
Over 100 civil servants set to be axed in cull of security teams
More than a hundred jobs could be cut from the organisation in charge of vetting people for security clearance as the Government looks to slim down the Civil Service. The Cabinet Office has proposed reducing the staff at UK Security Vetting (UKSV) to 780 full-time roles, down from its current level of just under 900, the PA news agency understands. Further cuts have also been proposed for the teams supporting the Government’s emergency Cobra com…
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