Chris Wormald: Media speculation is price of public life
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Chris Wormald: Media speculation is price of public life

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Think tank floats plans for standalone Department for the Prime Minister
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Rachel Reeves says Autumn Budget will 'protect public services from return to austerity'
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Why The Economist’s 'Buckaroo' government theory misses the point
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Directors do some of the most interesting and challenging work in the civil service. Here, Edward Barker, director, natural environment, trees and landscapes, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, explains what it takes to do his job
Director's Cut: Office of Government Property's Saurabh Bhandari on tenacity, AirPods and celebrating civil servants
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Director's Cut: Defra's Tessa Jones on job-sharing, cheese and 'problem solving over posturing'
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Directors do some of the most interesting and challenging work in the civil service. Here, Tessa Jones, director, agri-food chain, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, explains what it takes to do her job
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The Civil Service World Collaboration Conference Leeds
18 Nov 2025
Horizon, Leeds
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Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
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De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms: 61-65 Great Queen St, London
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Women into Leadership Manchester
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Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel
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'Everybody is saying the same thing': Is government meeting its goal to set every child up for success in their first 1,000 days of life?
The Health and Social Care Committee is examining how government is delivering on its promise to set children up for success in their first 1,000 days of life. Acting chair Paulette Hamilton shares what the MPs have learned so far
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The Fast Stream needs to rediscover its sense of purpose
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Identifying and responding to ‘powerful perpetrators’ of sexual misconduct Partner Content
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Identifying and responding to ‘powerful perpetrators’ of sexual misconduct
Dr Natasha Mulvihill, Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Bristol, introduces a groundbreaking comparative study into high-status/high-public-trust UK professionals who perpetrate sexual harm across work, home and public spaces – and how professional regulators and membership bodies can best identify and respond
AI in government: From vision to implementation Partner Content
03 Nov Digital, Data & Technology
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In this article, the second in a series highlighting takeaways from Capita’s FutureGov summit, we focus on what it takes to build a truly future-ready public sector
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