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Tories vow to out-do Brown on waste
Press Review 17 May 2004
The Conservatives have vowed to trump Gordon Brown's pledge to save £20 billion a year through civil service cuts.
Raynsford doubtful on Gershon plan
Press Review 12 May 2004
Today's FT reports that ministers are set to water down a central recommendation to be made in this summer's Gershon review.
No inflationary pay deals, Brown to warn unions
Press Review 21 April 2004
In his first speech on the economy since the Budget, Gordon Brown will today warn public sector unions that ministers will not accept inflationary pay settlements.
DWP seeks pay overhaul
Press Review 5 April 2004
A leaked memo has indicated that officials in the Department for Work and Pensions are planning to marginalise negotiations with the PCS union by extending performance-related pay rises.
Ministers lose civil service appointments veto
News Article 25 March 2004
Whitehall commissioners have secured the co-operation of Downing Street in implementing a revised civil service recruitment code.
New civil service recruitment code to be unveiled
Press Review 25 March 2004
Civil service commissioner Baroness Prasher will today outline a new recruitment code, in a bid to retain Whitehall's independence.
Unions meet with minister over civil service job cuts
Press Review 23 March 2004
Union leaders have met with Cabinet Office minister Douglas Alexander, to protest against plans to axe 40,000 civil service jobs.
Industry reflects civil service job cuts
Press Review 22 March 2004
Moves to cut civil service jobs are being reflected in industry, according to a new survey.
Senior civil servants to be moved out of London
Press Review 16 March 2004
Sir Michael Lyons has called for senior civil servants to be moved out of London as part of a fundamental shake-up of Whitehall.
Lyons backs civil service exodus
Press Review 11 March 2004
Up to 60,000 civil servant posts could be moved out of London and the South East over the next few years under new plans to be announced next week.
Casey's crusade
Press Review 26 February 2004
Interviewed in the Guardian, head of the government's anti-social behaviour unit Louise Casey says she want a "leaner, tougher and more confrontational" approach from the civil service.
Treasury orders pay rise cap
Press Review 25 February 2004
The Treasury wants civil service pay cut by a third this year despite a wave of new pay deals coming into force.
PM calls for civil service overhaul
News Article 24 February 2004
The government's drive to reform the public services must extend to Whitehall itself, the prime minister has said.
Whitehall could shed 80,000 jobs, says report
News Article 16 February 2004
Whitehall departments could shed 80,000 jobs, according to a review commissioned by the government.
