DSIT Staffing Costs Soar £18 Million Since Censorship-Loving Peter Kyle Took Over – Guido Fawkes

DSIT Staffing Costs Soar £18 Million Since Censorship-Loving Peter Kyle Took Over

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Science Secretary Peter Kyle landed himself in hot water after absurdly accusing Nigel Farage of being “on the side of Jimmy Savile” just because he opposes the draconian Online Safety Act. At the same time Kyle has ramped up staffing costs by the millions to enforce the legislation…

In July 2024, DSIT and its agencies employed 15,931 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff, costing taxpayers £110.9 million a year – including salaries, allowances, gold-plated pensions, and consultancy fees. By June 2025, that headcount had ballooned to 16,300 FTEs, with the total bill soaring to £129.1 million. That’s a rise of £18 million, or 16%. At the taxpayers’ expense…

This is despite DSIT supposedly being committed to achieving at least 5% savings and efficiencies by the end of this Parliament – as laid out in the Spending Review. It’s not cheap suppressing free speech…