It is the latest Whitehall department to see staff moved under the UK Government’s promise to “level up” jobs and opportunities across the UK.
There are plans for new offices for the Treasury in Darlington, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are moving to Wolverhampton, and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is going to Manchester.
Assistant general secretary of the FDA union that represents senior civil servants Amy Leversidge, backed the move.
She said: “While the Cabinet Office have confirmed that there will be senior civil servant roles based in Glasgow, they have only committed that ministers will ‘spend regular time’ there. This isn’t good enough.
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