The head of the civil service is expected to say Whitehall must become more productive under plans for a “fundamental” overhaul.

Cabinet secretary Dame Antonia Romeo will warn departments must improve efficiency in a “tight fiscal context” and argue changes are needed to address low public trust and the emergence of AI.

Chancellor John Healey earlier told departments to make 1 per cent cuts to their capital budgets to fund defence amid Andy Burnham ’s wider drive to streamline central government in Whitehall, and push power into the regions.

Dame Antonia will say Whitehall must be reimagined in “the most fundamental way”, according to The Telegraph, and “the civil service of tomorrow must look very different from the civil service of today”.

Cabinet secretary Dame Antonia Romeo will warn departments must improve efficiency in a ‘tight fiscal context’ (PA)

In a speech at the London School of Economics on Tuesday, she is expected to argue: “Improving our productivity and efficiency is therefore essential…