About 50,000 civil service jobs are facing the axe as ministers enter the final phase of a “brutal” public spending review, as chancellor Rachel Reeves cuts spending across Whitehall.
Officials briefed on the negotiations expect about 10 per cent of Britain’s roughly 500,000 full-time equivalent civil service posts to go. “I wouldn’t be surprised if the number comes down to 450,000 by 2030,” said one person.
The civil service jobs cull is one manifestation of a spending control process that Reeves wants to wrap up by the start of next week. “It’s almost done,” said one minister involved in the talks.
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