Rejected petition Slim down the civil service.

The amount of deadwood should go to allow further funding for the NHS & Armed Forces.

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There is about half a million civil servants and the money saved on pensions, wages and all the benefits that come along with jobs can be redirected to get the NHS & Armed Forces, even thu a small step, back to some sort of normality.

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Find more information about the Government's plans to reduce administration costs of the Civil Service:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-delivers-security-and-national-renewal-in-a-new-era-of-global-change#:~:text=This%20will%20support%20a%20leaner,40%20billion%20in%202022%2D23.

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