Civil service internships to be restricted to working class
According to the BBC, the main internship scheme will now be limited to students from 'lower socio-economic backgrounds'.
Pat McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the minister responsible for civil service reform, said that Whitehall needed to reflect the broader community.
'We need to get more working-class young people into the Civil Service so it harnesses the broadest range of talent and truly reflects the country,' he told the BBC.
'Government makes better decisions when it represents and understands the people we serve.'
The changes are expected to take effect from summer 2026 and will give young people experience writing briefings, planning events, conducting policy research and shadowing civil servants, according to the broadcaster.
The existing work summer placement programme, which lasts up to eight weeks and is paid, is open to undergraduates in the final two years of their degree.
The Duchy of Lancaster has been contacted for comment.
The move comes after the Government announced plans to move thousands more civil servants out of London as part of plans to 'radically reform the state'.
In May, the Government confirmed it would cut the number of civil servants working in London by 12,000 and shift jobs to a series of new regional 'campuses' across the country.
Mr McFadden said at the time that the Government would be relocating a 'substantial number of roles'.
'The aim is to reduce the London count by about 12,000. That will save us £94 million in lease costs because the properties in London are very expensive.
'And we will move thousands – it's difficult to put a precise number – thousands of those jobs to new themed campuses around the country,' he told Times Radio.
The changes will also see 11 Government office buildings in London close, including one of its largest Westminster sites, in a move expected to save £94 million a year by 2032.
The move will see two new major 'campuses' created, one in Manchester focused on digital innovation and AI and another in Aberdeen on energy.
Manchester is already home to major offices of the science and culture departments, while Aberdeen houses the new Great British Energy headquarters.
Other roles will be created in Birmingham, Leeds, Cardiff, Glasgow, Darlington, Newcastle and Tyneside, Sheffield, Bristol, Edinburgh, Belfast and York, with the changes expected to bring £729 million to the local economy by 2030.
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