Overview

• Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a £2 billion annual reduction in Civil Service administrative budgets by 2030, focusing on back-office roles.
• The cuts will result in approximately 10,000 job losses, with departments tasked to achieve a 10% reduction by 2028-29 before reaching 15% by 2029-30.
• Savings from the cuts are intended to be redirected to frontline services such as education, healthcare, and policing.
• Unions argue the cuts will negatively affect public services, citing delays in tax processing, court cases, and asylum applications.
• The measures will be detailed further in the March 26 Spring Statement, as part of broader efforts to meet fiscal rules without raising taxes.