Reform Vows to Scrap Cabinet Office and Role of Cabinet Secretary
24th May 2026
The Cabinet Office and the role of cabinet secretary would be abolished by a Reform UK government, according to an 11-page blueprint that reveals plans for an overhaul of Whitehall.
The document, devised by Danny Kruger, the Reform MP who is leading the party’s preparations for government, outlines changes to the civil service, predicting cuts of about 50 per cent to communications, human resources and policy roles.
There were 520,000 full-time civil servants last year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics, the highest headcount in two decades. One in five are based in London.