24 minutes per day didn't sound that impressive to me from the outset, but, according again to Microsoft Copilot (lol): 26 minutes × 253 days × 20,000 workers = 131,560,000 minutes saved.

Increased numbers of UK civil service jobs will be based in Belfast after the city was named one of 13 locations where government jobs will be moved to from out of London. The plan is to move jobs ...

The UK will slash the number of civil servants and use artificial intelligence to boost efficiency in the government, a senior cabinet minister said on Sunday.

The UK will aim to slash the number of civil servants by 10,000 as it targets a 15% reduction in the government’s operating costs, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said ahead of ...

The latest Civil Service headcount of 550,000 is nearly a third higher (32%) than it was in 2016, or an increase of 134,000. Of the 550,000, almost 443,000 are full-time roles and the remainder ...

Rachel Reeves is set to strip the UK's Civil Service of £2billion of funding a year which, unions warn, could result in tens of thousands losing their jobs. The Chancellor and Cabinet Office ...

Heads of Civil Service in Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK) have agreed to strengthen ties that would advance civil service reforms in Nigeria. A statement signed by the head, information and ...

Ministers plan to cancel thousands of UK government credit cards in response to concerns about waste after spending on these accounts quadrupled in the past five years to £675mn.

Despite this, senior officials have determined that the 60% office attendance target for civil servants remains beneficial, a view supported by ministers. “We’re focused on outcomes rather than having ...

September 30, 2024 at 7:13pm BST. The UK’s top civil servant Simon Case has announced he will step down at the end of the year on health grounds.

Ministers had previously announced cuts to the civil service - but now more jobs will be relocated to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. ... This is all part of the UK government’s Plan for Change ...

In June 2016, the UK civil service employed 384,000 people. By December 2024, that number had ballooned to 514,000. Brexit and Covid-19 explain much of the growth, but they do not excuse the lack ...