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The crossover happened in the 2024 data, but I didn't want to share it in case there were revisions. But now that I've checked in the 2025 data, I can be sure it's real.

As a percentage of total employment, since 1948 when the data starts, Central government employment is today the highest on record. Local government employment is today the lowest on record. Some context for Andy Burnham's promise to try and reverse this trend.

Very interesting! But some care needed. Much of the central government increase will, I think, be the NHS - and education: schools (local gov't) becoming academies. The civil service itself is only 1.6% of total employment - and most of that is tax offices, DWP etc.