Jobs moving out of London, office closures and Fast Stream targets: How much of today's civil service reform announcement is new?
14 May HR

Jobs moving out of London, office closures and Fast Stream targets: How much of today's civil service reform announcement is new?

Ministers have also promised "thousands" of jobs will move to the regions and 50% of Fast Stream roles will be based outside the capital
by Beckie Smith
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GDS seeks two leaders to 'pilot and scale AI projects' and 'incubate service journey transformation'
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