Conservative plans to save £8bn by shrinking the civil service payroll are overly simplistic and potentially counterproductive, a leading think-tank and a public sector trade union have warned.
The government should avoid “prioritising politically driven tax cuts while decimating services” during Wednesday’s Budget, public sector unions have said.
The lack of political leadership in Northern Ireland risks politicising the role of civil servants, and UK ministers should intervene to oversee spending, a body representing senior officers has...
The government’s choice to sack the top civil servant in the Treasury will “taint” the successor and cause unnecessary upheaval during the cost-of-living crisis, experts have said.
The Treasury has announced a plan to cap redundancy payments across the public sector at £95,000 to end what Chief Secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands said were ‘golden goodbyes’ paid for by the...
