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Labour tasks former department chief with devising UK government revamp

The UK’s opposition Labour party is to develop plans to rewire how government works to deliver on its priorities if it takes power following an election that is expected to […]

Public Service Data Live conference to help unlock UK public sector transformation

Public servants from across the UK will come together on 14 September for a unique conference aimed at helping to improve how data is used across government and beyond to […]
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt speaking with prime minister Rishi Sunak in October 2022. Photo: No 10 Downing Street Flickr

UK public sector faces productivity review; US government told to quicken pace of federal property sales: policy and delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. UK chancellor launches public sector productivity task force with AI focus The UK finance minister […]
Former UK government cabinet secretary Lord Gus O'Donnell

New salvos fired in the wars of Whitehall

British ministers have been clashing with civil servants over Brexit and bullying – with some pushing for greater powers to appoint officials. At an Institute for Government debate, however, panellists […]
A photograph of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, taken in 2017. Photo Christopher Michel, reproduced under Creative Commons

UK becomes latest nation to launch evacuation flights from Sudan

The UK government has joined a number of other nations in launching repatriation flights for citizens in Sudan in response to unrest between rival military factions in the country. The […]

UK civil servants’ pay satisfaction drops dramatically, official survey shows

Only a quarter of UK officials believe their pay adequately reflects their performance, according to the government’s latest UK Civil Service People Survey – the lowest score in 14 years. […]

‘Mature, sensible diplomacy’: UK and EU agree new trade agreement for Northern Ireland in Brexit breakthrough

The UK and the European Union have agreed a new deal over post-Brexit trading agreements for Northern Ireland, after months of negotiations over a highly contentious protocol agreed in 2019. […]
Oliver Dowden walking through Downing Street

Details emerge of UK civil service job cuts – but minister backs away from 91,000 target

A senior minister has said that the UK government is to go ahead with plans for job cuts in the civil service due to “budget pressures” – but has indicated […]

An ideas accelerator: how the UK’s Data Challenge built two new public services

Gathering ideas from the workforce, the 2021 Civil Service Data Challenge put the best on the path to delivery, bringing benefits for UK citizens overseas, peatlands conservation and the net […]
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt in the Treasury

UK government bids to halt financial turmoil after botched tax cuts

The UK government has abandoned a host of tax cuts that were announced less than a month ago after replacing the country’s finance minister due to a negative response from […]