Cabinet Office Ramps Up Staff Costs by Nearly £10 Million Under Labour Despite Waste Cut Pledge – Guido Fawkes

Cabinet Office Ramps Up Staff Costs by Nearly £10 Million Under Labour Despite Waste Cut Pledge

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Labour ministers have for months been busy briefing lines on cutting Whitehall staff numbers which have ballooned since Covid. New figures slipped out by the Cabinet Office – supposedly leading the charge on cutting back waste – show the complete opposite has happened since the general election. The purse strings are loosening…

In July 2024, the Cabinet Office and its agencies employed 10,749 full-time-equivalent staff, at an annual staffing cost of £62.8 million. That includes gold-plated pensions, allowances, consultancy fees, and annual salaries. Fast forward to April 2025, and instead of shrinking, the headcount has risen slightly to to 11,577 FTEs – an increase of 828 roles. The grand total bill came to a jaw-dropping £72,752,476.17. That’s an increase of £9.69 million, or over 15% in less than a year. That 15% is the same figure Reeves pledged in March as a target to reduce Whitehall running costs. Filling up the Cabinet Office with EU surrender staff might have had something to do with the spending splurge…