Civil service job cuts plan signals return to austerity, union leader says
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Boris Johnson’s plan to cut 90,000 civil service jobs marks a return to austerity and will damage public services, a trade union leader has said. People deserve a bit of basic respect, I think people who work from home work very hard Frances O'Grady, TUC “Communities will be extremely angry if they’re looking to get hit again in terms of key public services.” In the same interview, Ms O’Grady urged the Prime Minister to show “basic respect” to those working from home. Ms O’Grady said: “It feels a bit ironic given the Prime Minister is the classic case of somebody who always works from home because he’s based in Number 10.