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‘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. […]

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 […]
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‘People don’t have to be perfect’: five minutes with Catalonia’s Àstrid Desset

In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders that will be speaking at our free AccelerateGov conference on […]
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UK government to sell state property as Ress-Mogg reiterates plan to move officials out of London

The UK government has published a new strategy intended to save money by selling off government property, using modern building materials and energy sources, and reducing its spending on leases. […]
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UK work and pensions department seeks diverse candidates in new leadership hiring drive

The UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has enlisted a recruitment company to develop a “future pipeline of diverse and credible candidates” for its senior leadership team. The department […]

UK Cabinet Office to shed 25% of staff as part of ‘war on Whitehall waste’

The Cabinet Office is to lose a quarter of its headcount over the next three years, according to UK minister for government efficiency, Jacob Rees-Mogg. Describing the move as “an […]
UK foreign minister and candidate to become prime minister, Lis Truss, sits at a desk before a microphone.

UK PM hopeful branded ‘abhorrent’ for accusing civil servants of antisemitism

Liz Truss, who is foreign secretary and the favourite to succeed Boris Johnson as UK prime minister, has been condemned by unions and civil servants for saying she would “change […]

Diversity of UK senior civil service falls; Hong Kong government jobs exodus: management & workforce news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed Diversity of UK senior civil service falls, rises at lower grades The percentage of […]