All posts tagged "HM Treasury"
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‘It’s a wonder anything gets done’: UK government pledges to rewire Treasury to streamline financial reporting
The UK government has set out plans to overhaul how it uses data to measure performance as part of plans to improve efficiency. Chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones,
- Posted April 8, 2025
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UK government sets out new ‘start-up’ approach to funding digital and AI projects
The UK government has announced plans to overhaul the way AI and digital projects are funded in the public sector in a bid to reduce spending waste and boost innovation.
- Posted March 20, 2025
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UK could increase civil service pay through cutting pension contributions
The UK government is examining increasing pay for civil servants and others working in public services through lowering pension contributions. According to reports, the government is exploring the potential to
- Posted January 7, 2025
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UK Budget raises taxes by £40bn – but government departments must still make efficiency savings
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged there will be no return to austerity as she set out the first Labour budget since the party came to power – but government
- Posted October 31, 2024
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UK government aims to tackle admin burden across public services
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will this week set out plans to reduce public servants’ administration workload after a Treasury review found that some frontline staff spend a whole day a week
- Posted November 20, 2023
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UK chancellor caps size of civil service
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced he will cap the size of the UK civil service at its current headcount as part of a renewed government effort to reduce the
- Posted October 3, 2023
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‘To change the outcome of a process, you have to be prepared to change the system’: Five minutes with Public Service Data Live speaker, Administrative Data Research UK director Emma Gordon
In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders who will speak at Public Service Data Live in London on 14
- Posted September 11, 2023
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UK Treasury issues cost-saving guidance to departments; New Zealand to form online security agency: policy & delivery news in brief
Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed UK Treasury issues efficiency guidance HM Treasury has published new guidelines for departments on how
- Posted August 3, 2023
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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
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Fiscal fictions: what the UK Budget says – and what it omits
On Wednesday, the UK government produced a Budget that made no provision for big public sector pay rises; on Thursday, it promised £5bn to striking NHS staff. Matt Ross explains
- Posted March 17, 2023