Under plans announced on Wednesday, the Government will 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.
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.
Roles will be created in York, Birmingham, Leeds, Cardiff, Glasgow, Darlington, Newcastle and Tyneside, Sheffield, Bristol, Edinburgh and Belfast, with the changes expected to bring £729 million to the local economy by 2030.
Pat McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, said the Government was “taking more decision-making out of Whitehall and moving it closer to communities all across the UK”.
Government departments will be expected to submit plans for relocating staff, including senior civil servants, as part of the spending review due to be completed on June 11.
Among the offices being closed in London is 102 Petty France, one of the largest Government offices in the capital and home to around 7,000 civil servants in the Ministry of Justice, HM Courts and Tribunal Service, Crown Prosecution Service and the Government Legal Department.
The Government will also close 39 Victoria Street, which has been home to the Department of Health and Social Care since the end of 2017.
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