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"Ministers need to set the conditions for success by communicating their priorities and preferences clearly to officials"

The ministerial-civil service relations reset hasn’t gone to plan – but Labour still has time left to get it right Here are the steps both sides should take to begin repairing the relationship

MoJ says “raft” of new technology products is currently being developed, including AI legal assistants to support staff, and streamlined case management processes

Lammy: AI rollout will save ‘thousands of days’ of MoJ staff time Deputy prime minister says artificial intelligence will also speed up justice and cut courts delays

"Over-reliance on a small number of providers limits the government’s freedom to drive a better price, stifles competition and risks creating a single point of failure for malicious actors to target"

The government's overreliance on firms like Palantir is undermining its vision for a truly digital state Without domestic capability the UK can never become a sovereign digital state

Cabinet Office DG Jerome Glass says insourcing the shared services cluster would have required more than 1,600 extra full-time officials

DWP decision to outsource shared services contract partly driven by headcount controls Cabinet Office DG Jerome Glass says full insourcing of the Synergy shared services cluster would have required more than 1,600 additional full-time...

https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/civil-service-commission-launches-consultation-on-changes-to-revolvingdoors-rulesCivil Service Commission seeks suggestions for changes to the rules that apply to civil servants when moving to roles outside government
https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/civil-service-commission-launches-consultation-on-changes-to-revolvingdoors-rules

Civil Service Commission launches consultation on changes to revolving-doors rules Commission seeks suggestions for changes to the rules that apply to post-government jobs

The latest moves 👇

Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 8 June Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People

Holloway has been sentenced to five years and three months’ imprisonment

DVLA staffer jailed for defrauding agency Agency says it has strengthened internal controls in response

USPCA chief executive Heather Weir said Gray would bring a “wealth of experience” to the charity as it looks to “grow into the future”

Sue Gray takes on leadership role at animal charity Former Cabinet Office second permanent secretary is unveiled as chair of the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

"Good ministers know they need challenge. They know that policy ideas in opposition inevitably lack detail and understanding of the complexities of governing"

Reform UK have decided the civil service is not to be trusted – weakness is at the heart of this irrational fear Danny Kruger's plans are not radical, they are ideological group think

Starmer said the update will “restore the manual’s status as an authoritative guide”

Keir Starmer: Outdated Cabinet Manual to be refreshed Prime minister says an update is 'long overdue'