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Rachel Reeves has pledged to reduce the
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costs of running the government and cut
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thousands of civil service jobs ahead of
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the spring statement this week the
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chancellor told the BBC's Laura curg
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this weekend that government running
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costs will be cut by 15% by 2030 she
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said savings would come from back office
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and administrative roles rather than
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Frontline staff with up to 10,000 roles
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expected to go with unions already up in
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arms the news comes ahead of Reeves
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spring statement on Wednesday which will
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see her update MPS and the public on her
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plans for the economy as well as
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announcing spending cuts for some
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government departments despite promising
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to only hold one budget a year with the
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spring statement intended to be a lower
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key Affair Reeves is facing a difficult
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economic climate this has wiped out her
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fiscal Headroom meaning the amount she
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could increase spending or cut taxes by
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without breaking her fiscal rules is no
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longer there but Reeves has pledged not
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to budge from her fiscal rules which
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rule out borrowing to fund day-to-day
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spending and told the Sun newspaper she
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would not be raising taxes on Wednesday
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so pressure is mounting on her over how
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to balance the books and ministers have
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already unveiled cuts to the welfare
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Bill and to Civil Service running costs
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further spending cuts are expected ahead
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of a wider review looking at all state
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Activity Set to be revealed later this
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year and speaking on Sunday reev said we
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are by the end of this Parliament making
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a commitment that we will cut the costs
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of running government by 15% and she
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argued that anyone running a business
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will think that is more than possible
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given advances in technology and
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artificial intelligence she added that
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the government plans to cut the back
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office functions the administrative and
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bureaucracy functions the size of
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government increased massively during
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the covid pandemic Reeves added the
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chancellor also said covid was 5 years
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ago but the size of the Civil Service
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hasn't come back during that period she
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argued we now need to make sure that we
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do realize those efficiency savings so
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that we can invest in the government's
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priorities Reeves further denied that
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labor was heading towards austerity she
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highlighted that last year she put 100
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billion pound more into Capital spending
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than the previous government and more
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than 20 billion into the NHS which she
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called a far cry from conservative
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governments what do you think of
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Labour's plans for the Civil Service let
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us know your thoughts in the comments
