Government announces extra funding for safe housing for domestic abuse survivors – UK politics live

As part of the violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy councils will receive a further £19m

Reform UK has now released a short document about what it describes at phase one of its plan to reform the civil service. It claims the civil service “has become bloated, overstaffed, and has failed to deliver what is expected by the British people”. It says that its plans would remove the equivalent of 68,500 jobs, saving £5.2bn a year once the cuts are in place.

This chart shows where the jobs would go. In HR and communications, Reform want to get rid of more than half existing posts.