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20/01/2026

Almost three-quarters of people who had their Child Benefit payments stopped in a botched crackdown on fraud last year have now had them reinstated, JP Marks confirmed

Perm sec also tells MPs that the cost of a major PAYE phishing scam has risen to £57m

20/01/2026

"Expert teams” will conduct sweeping reviews targeting "wasteful duplication” in four areas

'Expert teams” will conduct sweeping reviews targeting 'wasteful duplication” in four areas ahead of 2027 Spending Review

20/01/2026

"You have to say frontline delivery expertise and experience is as important to us as intellectual policy processes at the top of government"

Chief secretary to PM also says better productivity is the 'route' to improving pay for lower grades

20/01/2026

Darren Jones pledges to dismiss underperforming senior officials who don’t improve, promote more “doers”, and give bigger but fewer cash bonuses in speech setting out plans to rewire the state

Chief secretary to the prime minister sets out plans for civil service change, arguing that the current system can't be fixed

19/01/2026

The latest moves 👇

Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People

19/01/2026

Former DESNZ chief scientific adviser Prof Paul Monks on net zero and his ‘Damascene conversion’ on AI

19/01/2026

CustomerFirst will "test innovative ways to tackle delays and frustrations by partnering with departments to re-wire the government services on which millions rely"

Octopus chief and ex-Monzo exec to head up the unit, which will work with DVLA in its first partnership

19/01/2026

The hub will accommodate more than 1,600 civil servants and is expected to officially open in the first quarter of 2028

Darlington hub to accommodate more than 1,600 civil servants

18/01/2026

"If government wants best value, it must invest in partnerships that leave a legacy of skills, strengthen institutional memory, and embed learning across departments. Universities are ready to play that role"

Higher education offers a different and complementary kind of public value from those offered by traditional consultancies and think tanks

18/01/2026

“Churn captures my lived experience in a really uncannily accurate way. Losing half your team in the blink of an eye can be really problematic”

UKRI policy fellow Melissa Jogie, the co-creator of the 'Churn!', shares the thinking behind the board game – plus feedback from players trialling ...

17/01/2026

"We have achieved more things, more quickly than even I thought possible thanks entirely to the enthusiasm, commitment and can-do attitude from everyone at the SFO"

'We have achieved more things, more quickly than even I thought possible,' says Nick Ephgrave

17/01/2026

Public spending watchdog says senior staff have left and vacancies have become harder to fill following the decision to scrap NHS England

National Audit Office says senior staff have quit following “merger” plans with DHSC and recruitment freezes have left vacancies unfilled

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