Rachel Reeves plans to implement £2 billion cuts to government departments, aiming for a 15% reduction in administrative costs by the decade's end. This move could lead to around 10,000 job losses in the civil service, impacting frontline services like jobcentres and HMRC phone lines. The PCS union expressed concern over these cuts, stating they would worsen public service delivery, which is already strained from years of underfunding. While Reeves defends her strategy as growth-oriented, critics argue that reducing services cannot foster economic growth.
The impact of making cuts will not only disadvantage our members but the public we serve and the services they rely on.
You can't cut your way to growth... we've heard this before under Gordon Brown when cuts were made to backroom staff and the consequences were chaos.
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