{"id":193305,"date":"2024-12-11T21:57:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T21:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/11\/10000-civil-service-jobs-could-go-due-to-saving-targets\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T21:57:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T21:57:05","slug":"10000-civil-service-jobs-could-go-due-to-saving-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/11\/10000-civil-service-jobs-could-go-due-to-saving-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"10,000 civil service jobs could go due to saving targets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than 10,000 civil servants jobs could be cut as part of Labour’s push for 5% savings across its departments, a government source has said.<\/p>\n

Headcount in the civil service topped 513,000 this year, a 33% increase on 2016 levels and the eighth year in a row that the total has risen, according to the Institute for Government<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Ministers now recognised civil service numbers “have gone up and up and in reality that is not going to be able to continue,” the source told the BBC. <\/p>\n

On Monday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves launched a spending review <\/a>that will force ministers to cut budgets in the run up of the 2029 general election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Current spending plans mean that ministers will face tough choices over how to allocate money in the later years of this Parliament.<\/p>\n

To save money, ministers are already looking at voluntary redundancy schemes across various departments.<\/p>\n

A government spokesperson said the plans were to make sure “every part of government is delivering on” priorities.<\/a><\/p>\n

“We are committed to making the civil service more efficient and effective, with bold measures to improve skills and harness new technologies,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

But a government source told the BBC there was an acceptance that the civil service had become too big and unwieldy.<\/p>\n

The government is already risking a confrontation after unions reacted with anger to proposals for a 2.8% pay increase for teachers, NHS staff and senior civil servants next year. Inflation – which measures price changes over time – is predicted to average 2.6% next year.<\/p>\n

Last week Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer drew ire from one of the largest civil service unions<\/a> after claiming “too many people in Whitehall are comfortable in the tepid bath of managed decline”. <\/p>\n

Pat McFadden, the minister in charge of the Cabinet Office, echoed the PMs comments on Monday when announcing plans to shake-up to civil service hiring<\/a> to make government “think a little bit more like a start-up”.<\/p>\n

McFadden said he did not have a “target for headcount” in the civil service, claiming his focus was on making officials more productive.<\/p>\n

Mike Clancy, general secretary of the Prospect trade union, said: “We need a clear plan for the future of the civil service that goes beyond the blunt headcount targets that have failed in the past.<\/p>\n

“This plan needs to be developed in partnership with civil servants and their unions, and we look forward to deeper engagement with the government in the coming months.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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