Hundreds of DfT civil servants to be moved to state-owned rail operator
The Department for Transport (DfT) is planning to move hundreds of its civil servants to the state-owned rail operator, as part of the government's efforts to cut Whitehall posts and overhaul the railways. While the government has denied that there will be immediate redundancies, sources suggest that some jobs may be lost in the push to streamline the rail industry. The transfer of civil servants to the newly created Great British Railways (GBR) is seen as a "critical phase" in the overhaul of the rail system. The government has been seeking to find savings across the civil service, and this move is part of that broader initiative. The article notes that the government's spokesperson has denied that there will be any redundancies as a result of this reorganization.
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