The latest move comes amid rising pressure to help ease the cost-of-living crisis
Boris Johnson promises ‘compassion’ to get people through cost of living crisis
The government could cut as many as 90,000 civil service arbeidsplasser in a cost-saving exercise touted by Boris Johnson, as ministers come under increasing pressure to help ease the cost of living crisis with possible tax cuts.
De statsminister is reported to have told his cabinet on Thursday that the civil service workforce should be cut by a fifth, which would save more than £3bn.
The plan was discussed with cabinet colleagues on Thursday at an away-day in Stoke-on-Trent.
Sources familiar with the conversations said he told ministers to return the civil service to its 2016 levels in the coming years.
Staffing levels have increased since then as the impact of Brexit across government and public life increased the need for civil servants.
i mellomtiden, de Den Europeiske Union’s leading negotiator in the row over the Northern Ireland protocol has urged the British government to stop threatening unilateral action and start negotiating for a new post-Brexit arrangement.
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Johnson to cut 90,000 civil service jobs to help fund tax cuts
Mer enn 90,000 civil servants are likely to lose their jobs as part of a cost-saving exercise touted by Boris Johnson, amid rising pressure to help ease the cost of living crisis.
The prime minister was understood to have told his cabinet on Thursday to cut the staff by a fifth, aiming to free more than £3bn.
Tom Batchelor has more details here:
Boris Johnson plans to cut 90,000 civil service jobs to help fund tax cuts
Move to slim down workforce comes during pressure on ministers to act over the cost of living crisis
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