Key government buildings in Whitehall to close, resulting in 12,000 job cuts for civil servants in London
Government Plans to Relocate Civil Service Jobs The main government building in Whitehall will be shut down as the minister works to cut 12,000 civil servant positions in London, with plans to relocate many roles to various cities across the UK. Cabinet Secretary Pat McFadden announced a goal: by the next five years, 50% of […]
In a town far from Whitehall, I saw just how devastating Labour’s cuts will be. So why can’t ministers? | John Harris
jTwo weeks ago, UST, my work day began at 6:45am, in a quiet cul-de-dead near Berry in Manchester. I was there to shadow Julia, a home care worker, on her daily morning round. She was about to put herself in the house of a 93-year-old woman. “She's going to be sleeping in the bed,” Julia […]
Thousands of Whitehall ‘credit cards’ to be suspended in spending crackdown | Civil service
Thousands of Whitehall officials will suspend this week on what they consider the government's “credit cards” as wasteful spending on civil servants, in the latest crackdown on workers. Cabinet Secretary Pat McFadden said on Monday that he would freeze almost all of the 20,000 Government Procurement Cards (GPCs) within a few days to cancel at […]