All posts tagged "Keir Starmer"
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Responsibility for UK public sector cybersecurity moves to Government Digital Service
Responsibility for government and public sector cybersecurity in the UK has moved from the Cabinet Office to the Government Digital Service (GDS) within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Posted June 4, 2025
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UK government defence review pledges to ‘accelerate innovation to a wartime pace’
The UK will move its armed forces onto a warfighting readiness and accelerate innovation as the government sets out plans to boost national security. Setting out a Strategic Defence Review
- Posted June 2, 2025
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UK prime minister pledges ‘defence dividend’ from highest spend since Cold War
Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK government will cultivate what he called a nationwide “defence dividend” that will boost job creation and opportunity as a result of the country’s
- Posted May 21, 2025
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UK PM says government needs to be ‘happier with innovation’ as he sets out reform plan
UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that the government needs to become “happier with innovation” in order to ensure that the state can operate at “maximum power”. In
- Posted March 13, 2025
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UK government plans radical reform to ‘unshackle civil servants’
The UK government has set out a wide-ranging reform plan, with prime minister Sir Keir Starmer telling officials that the civil service needed to become the “engine room of delivery”
- Posted March 10, 2025
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UK prime minister reveals plan for AI to ‘turbocharge every single element’ of government
The UK prime minister today announced an ambitious plan to make the nation a world leader in artificial intelligence (AI), harnessing the technology to drive growth, improve medical care and
- Posted January 13, 2025
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From power shifts to productivity: Public service trends in 2024
After another busy year for public servants, we round up some of Global Government Forum’s top news stories and features from the last 12 months, highlighting the trends, challenges and
- Posted December 27, 2024
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Turning the tanker: rebuilding public trust in government
Over recent years, public trust in politicians and governments has taken a pounding. Last week, some of the key players in the debate over public standards discussed how the new
- Posted November 27, 2024
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The heart of the problem: reviving the centre of UK government
After a series of missteps and a very public turf war inside No 10, new UK prime minister Keir Starmer’s reputation for quiet competence has taken a beating. Former Downing
- Posted October 22, 2024
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Sue Gray leaves role as UK prime minister’s chief of staff to avoid ‘becoming a distraction’
Sue Gray, the former senior civil servant who moved to a political post as the top advisor to Labour leader Keir Starmer, has stood down from the position after concluding
- Posted October 7, 2024