All posts tagged "job cuts"
- UK civil service to shrink by 91,000 jobs as Boris Johnson takes aim at ‘swollen’ Whitehall
The UK civil service could shrink by around one-fifth under plans revealed by prime minister Boris Johnson to cut 91,000 jobs in an effort to “cut the cost of government
- Posted May 13, 2022
- ‘Civil service is too big’, says Malaysian PM
The prime minister of Malaysia has said he would like to see a reduction in the civil service workforce, which has grown from one million in 2003 to 1.7 million
- Posted February 25, 2019
- UK government rehires redundant officials in ‘busy periods’
The UK government plans to recruit former civil servants to help its remaining staff cope with high workloads, a leaked Cabinet Office document shows. Retired and redundant civil servants are being re-recruited
- Posted September 3, 2015