No.10 is short of “policy heavyweights”, former cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell has warned. Lord O'Donnell, who was cabinet secretary from 2005 to 2011, was asked on BBC Radio 4 if he was alarmed at a ...

The Cabinet Office-based Equality Hub has been replaced by the Office for Equality and Opportunity. The office will support a new extended women and equalities ministerial team. Like the Equality Hub, ...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned that the new government could need to come up with £25bn in tax increases by 2028-29 just to keep public spending rising in step with national income.

A recent study by CSW's sister organisation, Total Research, conducted in partnership with data and AI expert SAS, found data sharing among departments has improved. Yet, only 13% see significant ...

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has launched a unit dedicated to reducing the burden of red tape for new technology, potentially generating tens of billions of pounds for the UK ...

HM Revenue and Customs has appointed two former senior civil servants as non-executive directors, one of whom founded a firm that donated tens of thousands of pounds to the Labour Party. Digital ...

Keir Starmer will hope that installing Morgan McSweeney as his new chief of staff – replacing Sue Gray – will end the factional infighting that has damaged the government’s first 100 days, and bring ...

Former defence secretary Ben Wallace has been given the green light to take up a new role advising the Saudi Arabian government on security and defence reform. Wallace, who stood down as an MP in the ...

While the UK government has recognised the transformative potential of AI, outdated IT infrastructure, budget constraints, skills gaps, operational procedures, and data issues are challenging its ...

The new government has been bullish on the potential of AI to transform public services, squaring the circle of ever-growing demand and ever-tightening departmental budgets. Darren Jones, the new ...

No.10 has committed to sticking with its fiscal rules amid calls for the government to reform them in the Autumn Budget. Recent reports had suggested ministers were considering changing the fiscal ...

Hundreds of security guards who protect Department for Work and Pensions staff and offices have voted to accept an improved pay offer from outsourcer G4S. Members of the GMB union employed on G4S's ...