A REFORM UK MP has called for an email like the one Elon Musk warned federal workers over demanding to know what work British civil services do as he threatened “brutal cuts are required”.
Over the weekend an email was distributed by the Office of Personnel Management in the US which said employees in the federal government needed to detail five things that they did last week by the end of the day on Monday or risked being sacked.
“Those who do not take this email seriously will soon be furthering their career elsewhere,” Musk posted early Monday morning on X/Twitter.
He also escalated US president Donald Trump’s demand for employees to stop working remotely as he said: “Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave.”
Unions in America have called the threat of mass firings “one of the most massive employment frauds in the history of this country”.
Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has called for a similar styled email to be sent to employees of the British civil service as he claims thousands of them do “sod all”.
He posted on X/Twitter: “Let's send an email to the entire British civil service with the question - what did you do last week?
“The answer for thousands?
“Sod all. “Brutal cuts are required. Afuera!”
Lowe’s statement on social media was met with dozens of replies asking what he did last week denouncing his work ethic as an MP.
Musk (above) has previously endorsed Lowe to take over as Reform’s leader after Nigel Farage distanced himself from the American tech-billionaire following his vocal support of far-right agitator Tommy Robinson.
The Tesla and SpaceX owner has also reportedly considered offering financial backing to Reform UK in the run-up to the next UK general election.
On Monday, lawyers for US federal workers said in a lawsuit that Musk, the billionaire owner of X/Twitter and adviser to Trump, had violated the law with his demand.
The updated lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in California, is trying to block the mass layoffs pursued by Musk and Trump.
The Office of Personnel Management’s request to bullet point five accomplishments each federal worker made last week.
The request has been met with swift resistance from several key US agencies, including the FBI, State Department, Homeland Security and the Pentagon, which instructed their employees over the weekend not to respond.
Lawmakers in both parties said that Musk’s mandate may be illegal, while unions threatened to sue.
