DWP's new Blackpool office opens amid reports SR25 funding will depend on job relocations
12 May HR

DWP's new Blackpool office opens amid reports SR25 funding will depend on job relocations

3,000 officials will move to Talbot Gateway site as Cabinet Office ups pressure to move jobs "closer to frontline services"
by Beckie Smith
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
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Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
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Civil service graduate scheme finishes runner-up to PwC
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Sue Gray pay row: Starmer urged to 'impose authority' on rival factions
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'A political Trojan horse': Report flags pitfalls of public sector pay-review bodies
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PCS members on G4S's security contract are considering walkouts at the Old Admiralty Building and 10 Victoria Street
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DfE signs £6m deal for ‘cyber specialists’
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Think tank sets out how government can drive change in health sector
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Parole Board names next chief exec
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Former police chief named border security commander
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Martin Hewitt says he is "under no illusions of the challenges that lie ahead"
Cutting public spending would 'damage foundations of the economy', Reeves warned
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'Inquiry into inquiries' calls for strengthened Cabinet Office unit
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John Glen and Bernard Jenkin miss out as PAC and PACAC chairs elected
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John Glen and Bernard Jenkin miss out as PAC and PACAC chairs elected
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