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The government is set to move around 5,700 full time civil and public servants from offices in Whitehall to east London.
The new Government Hub at Canary Wharf, which will be completed by the end of 2018, supports the modernisation of the Civil Service outlined by the new Workplace Plan on 12 July.
The Cabinet Office claims that Government Hubs will benefit the public sector by ensuring the future workforce is where it needs to be, while relocating civil and public servants from existing, often fragmented office locations, to modern, cross-departmental workplaces will make the most of emerging working practices and technology is part of that drive.
Ben Gummer, minister for the Cabinet Office, said: “This new hub will provide a better working environment for many London-based Civil Servants at considerably less cost to the taxpayer.
“We have some of the most talented people in the UK working in the Civil Service and it is right that we provide them with the right environment so that they can serve the public to the best of their abilities.
“We will be replicating this approach across the United Kingdom, putting right the historic mistake of forcing public servants to work in ugly and expensive buildings.”
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