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New Year Honours 2026: Full list of people to receive a Knighthood, MBE, OBE CBE or other title

A full list of all those being recognised in the King’s New Year Honours

Evening Standard

New year honours list 2026 in full as hundreds awarded for service

Honours as part of orders of chivalry have been given by monarchs since the Middle Ages

The Independent UK

Civil Service workforce jumps 3,000 to highest level for nearly 20 years

Headcount is nearly a third higher than it was at the time of the EU referendum in June 2016.

Evening Standard

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Reform UK to axe 68,000 civil service jobs if they win next general election

The MP insisted the party’s plans would improve working in central government

The Independent UK

Reform’s Kruger under fire for warning of ‘LGBT-supporting’ left-wing parties

East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger said the UK could be led by an ‘appalling Hamas-supporting, LGBT-supporting nationalist party’.

Evening Standard

Government launches crackdown on ‘inappropriate’ Civil Service events

Mandarins will now need approval from senior managers before holding such events.

Evening Standard

Civil Service workforce up 2,000 to almost 20-year high, figures suggest

The last time the headcount was higher than the current figure was in June 2006.

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Ex-Civil Service chief Simon Case warns of near future ‘dominated’ by conflict

Sir Simon Case, who stood down as Cabinet secretary in December, made the warning in his first major interview since leaving the job.

Evening Standard

Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London as government cuts costs

New regional hubs are set to open across the country

The Independent UK

Thousands of civil servants to leave London as Government cuts costs

The Government plans to cut the number of civil servants in London by 12,000.

The Independent UK

Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London as 11 Government offices set to close

Some 12,000 civil service jobs will be moved out of London and 11 Government office buildings shut

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office to cut a third of jobs as Labour shrink civil service

THE Cabinet Office's workforce will be slashed by a third as Labour seek to accelerate plans to reform the civil service, the UK Government has…

The National (Scotland)

Cabinet Office to cut thousands of jobs as Government shrinks Civil Service

Around 1,200 people will be made redundant

The Independent UK

Cabinet Office to cut its workforce by a third as Government shrinks Civil Service

Some 1,200 people will be made redundant and another 900 transferred to other departments under plans announced on Thursday.

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The Independent UK

Cabinet Office to shed 2,100 jobs as Government shrinks Civil Service

Some 1,200 people will be made redundant and another 900 transferred to other departments under plans announced on Thursday.

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Sue Gray Slams 'Insults' and Warns of Chaos If Civil Service Faces Brutal Cuts

Sue Gray, once known as the steely investigator at the heart of the Partygate scandal, has made her first official appearance in the House of Lords—and she didn’t hold back.

The Independent UK

Sue Gray urges caution over Civil Service cuts while hitting out at insults

Officials are central to the Labour administration’s mission to realise economic growth, the Labour peer said in her maiden speech.

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Rachel Reeves Hit with £15 Billion Budget Bombshell as Surging Welfare Spending Exposed

Rachel Reeves is facing a serious financial headache ahead of her Spring Statement — a whopping £15 billion shortfall.

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Evening Standard

Spring Statement 2025: What you can expect including taxes, benefits and spending cuts

The Chancellor is expected to reveal significant cuts to the Civil Service as well as unveil further details of the cuts to benefits and disability payments

The Independent UK

Confusion at top of government over how many jobs could be cut from civil service

Chancellor said there would be 10,000 job losses but the transport secretary said there is no target

The Independent UK

How many people work in the UK Civil Service?

Two Government departments together account for more than a third of the Civil Service headcount.

Evening Standard

Spring statement will not ‘alter the basics’, PM insists when questioned on cuts

The Prime Minister said his Government was ‘looking across the board’ at spending, when asked if cuts were coming for unprotected departments.

Evening Standard

Unions warn about effect on vital services after Chancellor confirms job cuts

FDA general secretary Dave Penman said a 10% cut in the entire salary bill of the Civil Service could mean up to 50,000 jobs may be cut.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves faces wrath of unions over cuts to Britain's bloated Civil Service as '50,000 jobs could go'

Chancellor says she was ‘confident’ Civil Service numbers could be reduced by 10,000, but one union chief says the cuts could lead to some 50,000 staff being let go

The Independent UK

Reeves denies UK on path to austerity as she confirms 15% Civil Service cuts

It comes after a backlash to cuts to welfare spending and a decision to slash the aid budget to fund a boost to defence spending.

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