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. 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. Ministers now recognised civil service numbers “have gone up and up and in reality that is not going to be able to continue.” On Monday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves launched a spending review that will force ministers to cut budgets in the run-up to the 2029 general election.
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