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UK Cabinet Office: 2,100 jobs cut

April 1, 2025GBGovernmentUK Cabinet Office

The UK Cabinet Office announced plans to cut 2,100 of its 6,500 staff — nearly a third — over two years. Of those, 1,200 will be redundancies and 900 transferred to other departments. The department expects to save £110 million by 2028 through job reductions and greater use of artificial intelligence. Top civil servant Cat Little said the department would become 'more strategic, specialist, and smaller.'

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Core Estimate

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2,100

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PrimaryPersonnel TodayApril 1, 2025

Cabinet Office to cut 2,100 jobs over two years, citing AI savings

The UK Cabinet Office announced plans to cut 2,100 of its 6,500 staff — nearly a third — over two years. Of those, 1,200 will be redundancies and 900 transferred to other departments. The department expects to save £110 million by 2028 through job reductions and greater use of artificial intelligence. Top civil servant Cat Little said the department would become 'more strategic, specialist, and smaller.'

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