Darren Jones: All departments ‘will have a delivery team led by a top civil servant’
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Darren Jones: All departments ‘will have a delivery team led by a top civil servant’

Plans to “build in-house capacity” across government also include parachuting in new experts to ministerial private offices
by Jim Dunton
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UKRI commits extra £168m for public sector data-linking work
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UK’s capacity to absorb economic shocks is shrinking, OBR chair warns
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