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‘Pure vandalism’: services to be decimated by Chancellor's plans to slash Civil Service's running costs
‘If the last government taught us anything, it’s that you can’t cut your way to growth,’ unions and campaigners tell Reeves
Chancellor Rachel Reeves gives a speech on economic growth at Siemens Healthineers, in Eynsham, Oxford, January 29, 2025

SERVICES will be decimated under Rachel Reeves’s plans to cut 15 per cent of the Civil Service’s running costs, unions warned today.

She confirmed the cuts in a TV appearance this morning, but the Chancellor denied that Labour is heading towards austerity amid backbench fury ahead of her spring statement on Wednesday.

Her announcement follows £5 billion cuts to social security and a decision to slash the aid budget to fund increased military spending.

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