9 h. ago Sue Gray urges caution over Civil Service cuts while hitting out at insults

Officials are central to the Labour administration’s mission to realise economic growth, the Labour peer said in her maiden speech.

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33 h. ago Industry figures call for further investment in AI to boost UK economy

Chancellor Rachel Reeves used her spring statement to announce plans for more investment in AI technology for the public sector and defence.

Economics

3 d. ago 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

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3 d. ago Readers' letters: SNP government's Civil Service and quangos need pruning

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4 d. ago Moment Rachel Reeves reveals how many civil service jobs will be cut

Rachel Reeves has pledged to cut the running costs of government by 15% and to reduce civil service jobs by 10,000 by the end of this parliament.

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4 d. ago Reeves orders £2bn Whitehall cuts to help repair public finances

Chancellor’s civil service efficiency drive comes as government faces pressure from Trump administration over tech tax

Economics

1 week ago Readers' Letters: Shaky future ahead for SNP with third of MSPs to go

The deluge of MSPs announcing they’re leaving Holyrood should worry John Swinney, says reader

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2 w. ago 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.

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2 w. ago 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.

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2 w. ago 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’.

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2 w. ago Could Labour's reform proposals see more civil servants based in Scotland?

The UK Government is to set out proposals to reform the civil service.

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2 w. ago Unions on alert as Labour prepares to unveil ‘Trumpian’ plan for civil service

Performance-related pay, exit process for poor performers and more digitalisation among proposed measures intended to revolutionise WhitehallHighly controversial plans to revolutionise Whitehall by introducing performance-related pay, an accelerated exit process for under-performing mandarins and more digitalisation will be announced this week in what ministers say is a programme to “reshape the state” so it can respond to a new “era of insecurity”.The proposed changes, to be announced by Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden, will inevitably provoke alarm and resistance from civil service unions, and be seen as the government using the current wave of global uncertainty as cover to drive through radical modernisation of civil service methods and culture. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Readers' letters: SNP must stop squandering millions on wind turbines and go nuclear instead

After reading David Bol (More transport and heating rules 25 Feb), what part of needless financial waste does this regime at Holyrood not get?

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