A gap in orders at Hitachi's Newton Aycliffe site in County Durham had sparked fears the company could put about 700 jobs at risk. But the government has announced a new contract has been struck to build 14 trains at the factory. Follow for live updates.
Dave Penman, the general secretary of the FDA union for civil servants, has criticised Sir Keir Starmer for his speech yesterday - in which he took aim at many of the people working in Whitehall.The prime minister said that while he did not think there was a 'swamp to be drained here', he did believe 'too many people in Whitehall are comfortable in the tepid bath of managed decline'.
Speaking to Sky presenter Matt Barbet, Mr Penman said he believed the prime minister was using the 'same tactics' as the previous government, which also derided the civil service 'blob' as inefficient and unproductive.'This government's only five months in, Keir Starmer stood up and talked about what he wanted to achieve and used the word reform an awful lot yesterday - but he didn't explain how he wants to reform public services of the civil service.
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