Voluntary redundancies considered as part of No 10 plan to slim down and centralise communications teams
Downing Street has ordered that a radical shake-up to slim down and centralise civil service communications teams as part of a major Whitehall overhaul should be in place by April 2022, a leaked memo reveals.
The plans could include ordering cuts to staff at arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) that scrutinise government. Staff were told that voluntary redundancies could be considered, despite the memo acknowledging staff were “exhausted and feeling the impact of being away from your friends, families and colleagues”.
