Keir Starmer’s cruel civil service blitz is a cynical gift to the right

Labour’s plan to cut civil service jobs and replace them with AI flies in the face of what the party claims to represent

The Prime Minister has announced major digital investment which he says will lead to efficiencies Pic: UK Prime Minister/Flickr

Today, the Labour government has announced plans to radically reshape the state, promising that a digital revolution will deliver billions in savings, partly by slimming down the civil service and replacing administrative tasks …