A government department led by one of the most senior ministers in Sir Keir Starmer reduced nearly a third of its jobs while ministers seek to accelerate the reform of the public service.
Office -office officials – managed by Pat McFadden – are informed today that 2,100 of their 6,500 jobs will be cut or moved to other parts of the government over the next two years. With other reforms, the Office office says that cuts will save 110 million pounds sterling per year by 2028.
The Office Cabinet supports the Prime Minister and coordinates the labor of other departments which have more specific discounts.
Civil Service Union Prospect has warned that “contunding reductions of this scale” could harm delivery through the government.
Among the jobs to be traveled, some 1,200 positions will be lost by voluntary and “mutually enlarged” layoffs or people who are not replaced if they leave. 900 others are transferred to other ministries to try to avoid the duplication of work.
McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, is one of the main lieutenants of Sir Keir Starmer and the Minister responsible for the Reformation of the Public Service.
A source said he “went up an example” with the cuts to his own department.
In recent weeks, the government has announced its intention to make “radical” reforms in the functioning of the public service, in particular the reduction in government management costs by 15% by the end of the decade.
McFadden wishes to enter a salary linked to performance for senior executives and the new rules under which those who do not meet standards could be dismissed if they do not improve in the six months.
But at least he resisted the public to set an objective for the number of officials of civil servants.
The announcement of today’s move to the Office Cabinet suggests that the cuts could go further than some had planned.
A cabinet source told the BBC: “By guiding the example, we create a leaner and more concentrated cabinet that will lead to work to reshape the state and deliver our change plan.
“This government will aim for resources to front -line services – with more teachers in classrooms, additional hospital meetings and the police on the pace.”
In a call with this morning staff, Cat Little, the best official of the Office firm, said that it wanted the department to be “more strategic, specialized and smaller”.
Since 2016, the number of people employed by the public service has increased from 384,000 to more than 500,000.
The climb was partly motivated by the preparations for Brexit and new functions that the British state did not have to exercise when joining the EU. New civil servants have also been hired to cope with the cocovated pandemic.
Office has developed most of all departments in proportionTriplant approximately in size from the EU referendum.
Mike Clancy, the secretary general of the prospect union who represents certain civil servants, said: “The Office cabinet has an important role in playing the exploitation of government machines, efficiency and reform, and to ensure that other departments are fully aligned and capable of issuing government missions.
“The winning cuts of this scale will make the game of this role more difficult and could have an impact on delivery through the government.
“Prospect will engage with the office office throughout this process and will seek assurance that there will be no compulsory redundancies.”
Lucille Thirlby, assistant secretary general of the FDA Union, also warned that the cuts “would have an impact on the delivery of the government’s own program”.
“Officials are desperate to reform and refocus the work of the Office Cabinet could be a good starting point,” she told the BBC.
“However – as we see with the reorganization of the NHS in England – there is a difference between the reform and the cup. The success of any reform will depend on the question of whether the scale of the cups saps the reform.”
She urged ministers to “be honest on what the government will cease to do following these cuts”.
