70% of civil servants. but these aren t alljustjobs in whitehall. they also cover things like the delivery of benefits, in job centres around the uk. unions sayjob cuts will mean cuts to services too, and they are threatening strike action. the government has said to the civil service, here is extra work, and the numbers of staff have increased to do with that extra work. so if you want to cut back to some arbitrary number you need to say, we can t undo brexit and we can t undo covid so what else will we cut? i think that s the difficulty. that s the difficulty. downing street says that s the difficulty. downing street says this that s the difficulty. downing street says this is that s the difficulty. downing street says this is not - that s the difficulty. downing street says this is not an - street says this is not an ideological decision, it s about good housekeeping. but it is highly controversial and details on how the cuts will work are far from clear. studio: and nick ear
he adds that this will be challenging , but tells departments, it will need imagination . there could be a freeze on recruitment across the civil service. ministers would have to approve any newjobs. downing street hopes that enough people will leave to bring numbers down, but redundancies haven t been ruled out. according to the institute for government, these are the biggest employers. work and pensions, justice, the taxman covering almost 70% of civil servants. but these aren t all justjobs in whitehall. they also cover things like the delivery of benefits in job centres around the uk. unions sayjob cuts will mean cuts to services too, and they re ministers argue that the government should be tightening its belt too. they reckon this plan could save £3.75 billion every year. remember the big picture, borisjohnson wants
but these aren t all justjobs in whitehall. they also cover things like the delivery of benefits in job centres around the uk. unions sayjob cuts will mean cuts to services too, and they re threatening strike action. the government has said to the civil service, unions sayjob cuts will mean cuts to services too, and they re threatening strike action. the government has said to the civil service, here s extra work, and the numbers of staff have increased to deal with that extra work. so if you want to cut back to some arbitrary number, you need to say, well, we can t undo brexit, we can t undo covid, so what else are you actually going to cut? and i think that s the difficulty. downing street says this isn t an ideological decision, it s about good housekeeping,
households are cutting because of the cost of living crisis that government should be tightening the belt two. this plan could save millions of pounds a year and recall the big picture, borisjohnson wants to cut taxes for the next general election and if he is going to do that, he has to save some money in the government budget. unions sayjob cuts will mean cuts to services too, and they re threatening strike action. the government has said to the civil service, - here s extra work, and the numbers of staff have increased to deal- with that extra work. so, if you want to cut back to some arbitrary number, you need to say, well, we can t undo brexit, i we can t undo covid, so what else are you actually going to cut? - and i think that s the difficulty. downing street says this isn t an ideological decision, it s about good housekeeping, but it s highly controversial and details of how the cuts will work far from clear.