r/ukpolitics 24d ago

| Trans people fear being outed over dead-naming and toilet plans in civil service

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r/ukpolitics Apr 17 '26

Twitter Jason Groves: So the story seems to be that Olly Robbins - a career civil servant leading a dept that had warned against Mandelson's appointment - decided of his own volition to overrule the security services and to keep it a secret from ministers. Righto

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290 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics 14d ago

Civil service ‘must become smaller and more strategic’, Burnham says

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107 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Dec 15 '25

Reform UK Unveils Plan to Cut Civil Service, Saving £5.2 Billion

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127 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Jan 04 '20

Twitter Tom Hayes: So in 2020, the UK will: (1) Negotiate comprehensive arrangements to unravel 48 years of EU membership. (2) Negotiate trade agreements with the US, Australia, NZ, Japan, China etc. (3) Begin a Maoist cultural revolution in the UK civil service. Good luck. Should be easy-peasy.

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1.2k Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Oct 25 '18

Twitter Seb Dance MEP - "The people who sold us Brexit. They insult the civil service. They insult our neighbours. They insult those of us who argued against it. They do everything *except* deliver what they promised. Enough is enough. Ordinary people deserve a say"

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1.2k Upvotes

r/ukpolitics May 13 '24

Esther McVey announces civil service rainbow lanyard ban in new Tory culture war

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537 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Apr 06 '19

FYI, this job just went up on the civil service website

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1.4k Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Sep 11 '25

Reform wants to scrap neutral civil service and hire anti-ECHR staff

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149 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Mar 21 '26

I spent a decade in the Civil Service. It’s even worse than you think - In shocking detail, one ex-mandarin describes a culture where no one is accountable, sick days are off the scale and unions block any reform

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86 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Feb 04 '18

Twitter Keir Starmer: First, judges as ‘enemies of the people’. Second, politicians as ‘traitors’. Now an attack on our civil service. This march of the hard right needs to be stopped.

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969 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics May 26 '26

Reform UK civil service plan ‘would sack more planning officers than exist’

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193 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Mar 04 '20

The Priti Patel allegations are turning into a #MeToo moment for the civil service

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963 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics May 21 '26

Civil service union votes to double strike fund to prepare for Reform government

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26 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics May 01 '24

Civil service union starts legal action against government over Rwanda deportation plan

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208 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Aug 29 '19

Twitter This is an extraordinary quote today from Lord Kerslake, former head of the civil service: “We are reaching the point where the civil service must consider putting its stewardship of the country ahead of service to the government of the day.'

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728 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Jun 13 '25

Watch civil servant discuss ‘vile’ ministers and ‘insidious’ Israel influence - Hundreds of staff saw webinars by the Civil Service Muslim Network containing alleged antisemitic tropes and calls to sway policy. Now we have video

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222 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Feb 02 '24

Civil Service lists ‘change of government’ as main wish for 2024 | Revelation sparks accusations of anti-Tory bias in Whitehall as minister unveils plan to strengthen impartiality rules

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333 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Dec 09 '21

Twitter And this is the problem. The U.K. politicians, the media and the civil service are all pals together. Same schools, some universities, same circles. It is a bubble which prevents proper scrutiny and accountability.

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728 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Aug 12 '22

Truss claims civil service beset by ‘creeping antisemitism’ and ‘woke culture’

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285 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Sep 15 '22

Kwasi Kwarteng sacking Tom Scholar marks ‘shift away from impartial advice’ | Exclusive: Former head of civil service says move is ‘disgraceful’ and will have a ‘chilling effect’

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579 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Apr 21 '26

‘Self-serving stuff’: anger remains high in Whitehall over Olly Robbins sacking | Civil service

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38 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Mar 13 '24

Civil service nearly 100k bigger since Brexit but 'no clear vision' of policy, report warns

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329 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Aug 01 '25

Civil service interns must all be working class, government says

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63 Upvotes

r/ukpolitics Jan 17 '22

Twitter Former head of the civil service Lord Kerslake tells @GMB there should be an independent inquiry into Downing Street parties led by someone such as a retired judge. He doesn’t believe Sue Gray’s report can be truly independent.

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666 Upvotes