The UK government aims to cut the 10,000 civil servants, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Wednesday ahead of a key statement on public finance.
Reeves said the Labor government will stick to its plans to cancel actual spending in each year of parliament, but prioritize the location where funds are allocated, and the department expects to save efficiency by better utilizing technologies such as artificial intelligence.
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“I am confident that we can reduce the number of civil servants by 10,000,” the prime minister told Sky News in an interview on Sunday morning. “The number of people working in civil servants has increased significantly during Covid; addressing these challenges is the right choice, but it is not right for us to always leave those numbers there forever.”
Asked about examples of tasks that could be replaced with technology, Reeves listed briefing positions and said the UK’s tax collection office was already using AI to reduce fraud. British newspapers reported overnight that Labor would ask civil servants to determine a £2 billion cut.
Reeves will issue her spring statement Wednesday and make the latest forecast for the economy produced by the Office of Budget Responsibility. Since the October 30 budget, the net shortage that allowed the Prime Minister to comply with his own fiscal rules has been phased out due to weak growth and high borrowing costs. She is expected to cut government spending and welfare programs to rebuild the netspace and promise to avoid further tax increases.
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