OPINION - Don't kick civil servants out of London — make them come into the office instead

So, London is to lose 12,000 civil servants, and this time, it’s the big cheeses. Already eighty per cent of the half million civil servants work outside London, but this shift is meant to include senior people as well as the small fry. In fact, the Government’s ambition is to ensure that half of the senior mandarin class move outside London by 2030. It’s all part of the spending review; and departments have until 11 June to submit plans for relocating staff, including bigwigs.