All posts tagged "Jeremy Hunt"

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  Tech talent urged to ‘give working for government a go’ as UK seeks to boost skills

  Technology graduates have been urged not to let a lack of familiarity with government operations hold them back from working to deliver public services by one of the UK government’s

  • Posted November 26, 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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  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’s top civil servant demands end to ‘Blob’ slur; third of Canadian public servants say work suffers due to staff churn: management & workforce news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed UK cabinet secretary calls for end to “dehumanising” term to describe officials Simon Case, the

  • Posted July 20, 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
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  UK civil servants told to exercise caution around AI chatbot use

  The UK Department for Science, Information and Technology (DSIT) has advised civil servants thinking about using artificial intelligence chatbots to automate tasks to weigh up the risks and benefits. The

  • Posted February 27, 2023
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  The UK budget: behind the headlines

  At two events last week, experts picked apart Jeremy Hunt’s Budget – finding heroic optimism, implausible plans, and some hard realities for departments and public servants. Matt Ross listened in

  • Posted November 24, 2022
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  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

  • Posted October 17, 2022
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