Boris Johnson calls for 90,000 civil service jobs to be cut to ease cost of living crisis

Ministers told to reduce staff in their departments by a fifth overall to free up cash to spend on tax cuts

More than 90,000 civil servants are likely to lose their jobs in an attempt by Boris Johnson to find money to ease the cost of living crisis.

The prime minister is understood to have tasked the cabinet with cutting staff by a fifth, telling them every bit of cash saved on government spending could be better used elsewhere.