The Treasury has announced further cuts in civil servants as par of the Gershon efficiency programme.

It said that the government was two thirds of the way to the target to save £21.5bn by 2008. A total of 55,000 civil service posts have been cut in the last two years.

The Treasury has announced further cuts in civil servants as par of the Gershon efficiency programme.

It said that the government was two thirds of the way to the target to save£21.5bn by 2008. A total of 55,000 civil service posts have been cut in the last two years.