Labour Facing Major Backlash from Unions Ahead of Whitehall Spending Cuts

Civil service unions are gearing up for battle as Labour’s fiscal squeeze threatens job cuts in Whitehall. Rachel Reeves is scrambling to stick to her self-imposed fiscal rules in Wednesday’s Spring Statement (definitely not an emergency budget). The axe is swinging towards the civil service…

The Cabinet Office’s Pat McFadden is writing to departments this week ordering them to slash administrative budgets by 15%, a move designed to save £2.2 billion a year by 2029-30.