Performance management and peacetime taskforces: Darren Jones announces civil service reforms
20 Jan Civil Service Reform

Performance management and peacetime taskforces: Darren Jones announces civil service reforms

Chief secretary to the prime minister sets out plans for civil service change, arguing that the current system can't be fixed
by Tevye Markson
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20 Jan Civil Service Reform
Darren Jones: Delivery experience will be hardwired into hiring process for senior officials
Treasury launches new crackdown on ‘public service inefficiencies and waste’
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Treasury launches new crackdown on ‘public service inefficiencies and waste’
HMRC reinstates 17,000 frozen child benefit cases after checks error
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Can you survive the Churn? The new board game putting players in the shoes of policy professionals
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Can you survive the Churn? The new board game putting players in the shoes of policy professionals
UKRI policy fellow Melissa Jogie, the co-creator of the 'Churn!', shares the thinking behind the board game – plus feedback from players trialling it
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Using AI to transform tax administration while fighting fraud Partner Content
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Using AI to transform tax administration while fighting fraud
A decade-long investigation into a £20m VAT fraud shows how damaging organised crime can be without artificial intelligence, and raises an urgent question about how tax agencies must now use AI to stay ahead of far more advanced and scalable threats
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08 Jan HR
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Lengthy security clearances, complex jargon, and fragmented data are some of the challenges HR leaders from across government discussed at a recent CSW roundtable to explore how AI could help modernise hiring without sacrificing fairness
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CSSC’s Active Wellbeing returns in February
CSSC’s flagship Active Wellbeing challenge returns this February, calling civil servants to move more, feel better and build healthier habits together
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