Reform MP Danny Kruger is in Westminster to deliver a press conference on the party’s plan to cut the size of the Civil Service. Watch live below…
Reform says it is targeting Whitehall ‘bloat’, rather than frontline services. This is ‘phase 1’, so does not include quangos…
- Policy profession reductions of 50%
- Communications staff reductions of 60%
- Human Resources staff reductions of 67%
- Other back-office function reductions of 25% (digital, project delivery, strategy, finance, legal, commercial)
- Other and unknown professions reductions of 33%
- Internal-facing professions reductions of 50%
- 400% increase of the bonus pool (non-consolidated performance related pay) across the Civil Service to ensure we attract the finest talent in the country, and incentivise our highest performing public servants
- A move away from longevity-based promotions within the Civil Service and towards performance-based promotions.
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Sir Ephraim Mirvis spoke to Sky News. “Devastation, but no surprise… because of the tone on the streets in our societies”…
A bruised Ian Murray has told Holyrood magazine he received “no explanation” for his sacking as Scotland Secretary earlier this year, claiming Number 10 unceremoniously dumped him despite doing “a half-decent job”. Guido hears the chip on his shoulder can be observed from space. Apparently his wife is “f****** furious”:
“For me, the hardest part was the complete lack of any sort of recognition for doing a half-decent job. That’s the hardest bit. The second hardest bit is having no explanation of why I was sacked, and as we sit here today, I still don’t have that, despite me asking on a number of occasions. The third bit is that I didn’t think I deserved the public humiliation of it all. I genuinely don’t know why it happened and that feels like an unfair gap… It’s fair to say that [my wife] Miriam was absolutely f****** furious.”
He goes on to add that his wife felt he was “massively under-appreciated” in the Cabinet (what else is she going to say?), and it took him five hours to accept the offer of his current job as a culture minister. Yes, he is still in government…
The boss of leftist charity Oxfam was forced out over the weekend after almost 70 staff called for the trustees to investigate her for bullying. Some had already resigned over her leadership and there is an ongoing redundancy programme…
Halima Begum, whose career includes stints at DFID and various activist charities, was voted out of her chief executive position unanimously by Oxfam’s board of trustees. She has held it since March 2024. It said of an external report conducted into her conduct:
“The report’s findings have led the board to the conclusion that there is an irretrievable breakdown in its trust and confidence in Dr Begum’s ability to discharge the role of chief executive officer to the level required in Oxfam GB, and that her ongoing employment is untenable.”
Begum was paid over £130,000 a year. Oxfam, which typically receives between 5-10% of its funding from the UK taxpayer, rakes in £368 million annually. This is the latest in an almost-annual scandal to hit the leftist charity…
It has been campaigning this year to levy a wealth tax. Giving an early indication to the public that it is fact run by chumps…
Reform MP Danny Kruger welcomed adult film star Bonnie Blue’s support for the party, adding:
“I’m not going to be judgemental about people who want to vote Reform. We want all the support we can get – quite like Bonnie Blue.”
