The Cabinet Office will lose almost a third of its staff as Labour seeks to shrink the Civil Service, the Government has announced.Around 1,200 jobs will go - through redundancies and leavers not being replaced - under plans unveiled to civil servants on Thursday, with another 900 being transferred to other departments.

The Cabinet Office will lose almost a third of its staff as Labour seeks to shrink the Civil Service, the Government has announced.Around 1,200 jobs will go - through redundancies and leavers not being replaced - under plans unveiled to civil servants on Thursday, with another 900 being transferred to other departments.