Civil Service told to slash running costs by 15%

The government is to tell the Civil Service it must make savings of more than £2bn a year from its administrative costs by the end of the decade, Whitehall sources have told the BBC.
Civil Service departments will be instructed to reduce running costs by 10% by 2028-29 and then 15% the following year, an efficiency target that would save £2.2bn annually.
Frontline services directly serving the public are not in the firing line – it will be the spending on sectors such as human resources, policy advice, communications and office management that are to be slashed.
But unions who represent rank-and-file civil servant staff are still adamant that the changes will mean significant numbers of job cuts – and have challenged ministers to be upfront about what areas of work they are prepared to stop as part of the cuts.
The changes are part of the government’s ongoing spending review, the BBC understands, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to deliver her Spring Statement on Wednesday.

Courtesy: BBC