FOUND: 13 - What They Never Told You

Labour must involve whole country if it wants to achieve its goals, report warns

Age of ‘command and control’ is over, says Demos, with work needed from business, charities, unions and public

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025

‘Wellbeing’ isn’t a joke – it’s a tool for tackling populism

In Britain, the Treasury is taking the idea of social happiness surprisingly seriously – and the chancellor needs to as well

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2025

Thousands of jobs at risk in shake-up of English councils, Unison warns

Union says it will be a ‘travesty if crucial public services are shut down’ in mergers of some county and district bodies

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025

Thousands of Whitehall ‘credit cards’ to be suspended in spending crackdown

Minister Pat McFadden says at least half will be permanently cancelled in effort to reduce wasteful purchases

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2025

It is mission critical that Labour repairs the contract between citizen and state

Smarter, more productive, government will require more than yet another bonfire of the quangos

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2025

Blockers, checkers, bats and chainsaws: don’t talk like Musk, Starmer is warned

PM has been urged to ‘get a grip’ on messaging after railing against the ‘flabby’ state and the civil service’s ‘tepid bath’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2025

Keir Starmer’s civil service reforms: what is mission-led government and why is it so hard to achieve?

All governments, it seems, are destined to go to war with Whitehall. The administration of Keir Starmer has been in power only nine months, but there are clear indications ministers are frustrated and dissatisfied with civil service performance.

The Conversation · Mar 14, 2025

Jonathan Powell: the veteran negotiator being lauded over US-Ukraine detente

UK national security adviser may prefer to work behind the scenes but he found himself in the limelight this week

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2025

Release of technology secretary’s use of ChatGPT will have Whitehall sweating

Use of Freedom of Information Act to reveal Peter Kyle’s ChatGPT queries has shocked experts and left journalists wondering what to request next

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2025

UK PM says AI should soon replace civil servants

Sir Kier Starmer believes that AI can do some Whitehall jobs better than human workers.

TechRadar · Mar 13, 2025