Civil service will be ordered to slash £2.2bn from ‘back room’ budgets with jobs to go as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to avoid more tax rises in looming Spring Statement
By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Published: 03:31 EDT, 23 March 2025 | Updated: 03:31 EDT, 23 March 2025 The civil service will be told to slash more than £2billion a year from budgets by the end of the decade as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to balance the books. Administrative costs must fall 15