In May 2022, Boris Johnson announced he would cut civil service numbers by 91,000, and in October 2023, Jeremy Hunt unveiled ...

CIVIL SERVICE unions slammed Reform UK’S latest plan to cut civil servant jobs by 68,500 today.The Public and Commercial ...

Reform UK has announced plans to cut 68,500 civil service jobs should the party win the next general election. The proposal, ...

An estimated 554,000 people were employed in the Civil Service as of September 2025, according to the Office for National ...

UK civil servants are invited to put forward ideas for using data and AI to improve government’s systems and services; then ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. About 50,000 civil service jobs are facing the axe as ministers enter the final phase of a “brutal” public ...

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Ministry of Justice: Parole Board – Anne Molyneux appointed vice chair from 6 December 2025 for 5 years. Prison Service Pay Review Body – Mark Hamilton appointed as member from 1 December 2025 for 5 ...

Keir Starmer has promised "a renewed civil service; more agile, mission-focused and more productive". Like every government in recent history, his is pushing for improved "delivery"; for better ...

The people at the top of the civil service haven't got any idea how poor it is. Too many civil servants are too similar. The way the civil service defines "clever" is a mistake. So say two men who ...