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Civil service ordered to move jobs out of London
The Independent
|May 11, 2025
Whitehall departments are at risk of failing to get part of their funding from Rachel Reeves's spending unless they relocate hundreds of civil servant jobs to other parts of the UK.
A major government shake-up will require more civil service roles to be based in 12 locations outside London, delivering and developing government policy closer to the communities it affects.
The move is expected to provide a £729m boost for local economies across the UK in an attempt to bring government closer to communities. The 12 growth areas are: Greater Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Cardiff, Glasgow, Darlington, Newcastle and Tyneside, Sheffield, Bristol, Edinburgh, Belfast and York.
This story is from the May 11, 2025 edition of The Independent.
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