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

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
New fellowships to support 'future national resilience' go live
16 Jun Policy
New fellowships to support 'future national resilience' go live
Alternative People Survey 2026 launches
15 Jun Policy
Alternative People Survey 2026 launches
NEETs report flags departments’ failure to ‘join dots’ for young people
29 May Policy
NEETs report flags departments’ failure to ‘join dots’ for young people
Covid Inquiry: Requests for science advice 'chaotic and poorly formulated'
13 Oct 2023 Policy
Covid Inquiry: Requests for science advice 'chaotic and poorly formulated'
"The formulation of science commissioning from the centre got quite chaotic for quite some time," former GO-Science chief says
Trust is fragile. An ambitious ombudsman reform agenda can help rebuild it
12 Oct 2023 Policy
Trust is fragile. An ambitious ombudsman reform agenda can help rebuild it
Ombudsman policy should not be kept in a glass box marked “break only in case of emergency”, Richard Blakeway says on Ombuds Day
Think tank calls for mission-led, less top-down government
11 Oct 2023 Policy
Think tank calls for mission-led, less top-down government
IPPR calls for an end to "age-old debate about whether a smaller or larger state", in favour of "a smarter state"
Covid Inquiry: Ex-cab sec questioned over ‘at war’ No.10
10 Oct 2023 Policy
Covid Inquiry: Ex-cab sec questioned over ‘at war’ No.10
Gus O’Donnell says he had “relatively easy time” compared with successors
Generalist scheme axed in Fast Stream revamp Exclusive
06 Oct 2023 Policy
Generalist scheme axed in Fast Stream revamp
Grad programme pathway is split into individual policy and operational delivery schemes
HS2 and A-levels scrapped: All of Sunak's Conservative conference announcements
05 Oct 2023 Policy
HS2 and A-levels scrapped: All of Sunak's Conservative conference announcements
PM promises "better transport connections in the north" as he scraps Manchester leg of HS2 rail link
'No.10 chaos as usual': Vallance diary lifts lid on tensions at Covid Inquiry
04 Oct 2023 Policy
'No.10 chaos as usual': Vallance diary lifts lid on tensions at Covid Inquiry
Simon Case compared politicians pushing for restrictions to end to children testing limits with their parents, panel hears
DBT announces regulator review ‘to cut red tape and bureaucracy’
03 Oct 2023 Policy
DBT announces regulator review ‘to cut red tape and bureaucracy’
Exercise will cover 90 bodies and look to “capitalise” on post-Brexit freedoms
MPs demand DESNZ benefits analysis for Sunak’s net-zero changes
02 Oct 2023 Policy
MPs demand DESNZ benefits analysis for Sunak’s net-zero changes
Energy secretary Claire Coutinho asked to set out basis for savings promised by prime minister
ICO 'naively accepted disingenuous' Home Office arguments in FoI decision, tribunal rules
28 Sep 2023 Policy
ICO 'naively accepted disingenuous' Home Office arguments in FoI decision, tribunal rules
Tribunal says public interest in withholding stop-and-search policymaking document was “negligible”
The new wonkocracy: Who are the think tanks shaping Labour policy?
26 Sep 2023 Policy
The new wonkocracy: Who are the think tanks shaping Labour policy?
Political parties are gearing up for a general election next year and think tanks are busy trying to exert influence on their manifestos and beyond. With polls pointing to a Labour victory, Chaminda Jayanetti considers the organisations – some new, some familiar – which are helping to shape the policies of Keir Starmer and the shadow cabinet
Labour looks to ex-civil servants to boost ranks as general election looms
25 Sep 2023 Policy
Labour looks to ex-civil servants to boost ranks as general election looms
Party goes on hiring spree of former officials in the run-up to general election