Leadership

Home secretary pledges to ensure Home Office “fundamentally shifts its way of working” after report

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Two former directors general – now leadership coaches – share their observations about civil servants seizing opportunities to innovate

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Covid-19 and killing of George Floyd have shown up “persistent and painful inequalities” in society, cab sec says

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Treasury names Richard Hughes as preferred candidate to head independent fiscal watchdog

Work and pensions secretary says that department will look to increase work coach numbers to help people back to work

PM says 'cautious' changes to England's lockdown are being made today

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Health department says ‘all large-scale operations’ experience similar challenges

PM steps in to stop chief science and medial officers from answering press questions on top adviser’s lockdown trips

Tests of antiviral medication remdesivir to begin

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The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has already done a great deal of work implementing technology across its operations. But digital chief Alex Fiddes tells Sam Trendall it has even bigger ambitions

How has local government reacted to the Covid-19 pandemic? Colin Talbot speaks to Donna Hall, honourary professor at University of Manchester and former local government chief executive, about the response across across England

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Social media channels from across government will highlight work of individual officials in coronavirus response

Tax agency begins search for long-term replacement for Jacky Wright

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Symbolic numbers picked to deflect public pressure can create more problems than they solve

Prof Geoff Mulgan, former head of Tony Blair's Strategy Unit, talks to Colin Talbot about how the UK government put in place risk and resilience systems in the early 2000s – and what has gone wrong since. And how governments can improve things for the future.