HMRC said the phone lines and webchat will be open as usual but customers may experience longer wait times.

The cabinet secretary backs Sir Keir Starmer's call for a "rewiring" of the way government operates.

A government source tells the BBC the increasing size of the civil service cannot continue.

Teachers, NHS staff and senior civil servants are among those covered by the proposals.

Pat McFadden says the civil service needs more "disrupters" to come up with new ideas to problems.

The prime minister has been accused of "Trumpian language" in his criticism of Whitehall.

The government’s aims are bold, but they want to galvanise the civil servants who implement the government’s agenda.

The Civil Service Commission launched a review amid concerns about Labour's civil service appointments.