All posts tagged "Civil service"
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How Government Works: A guide to the corridors of power in the UK
Understanding how the UK government, parliament and civil service work can be daunting. In a series of podcasts, Global Government Forum provides an in-depth guide to how the UK government
- Posted December 19, 2024
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UK pledges to make government ‘more like a start up’ to rewire the state ‘one test at a time’
A senior UK minister has set out plans to reform the whole of government through thinking more like a technology start up, with an initial focus on deploying a “test
- Posted December 10, 2024
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UK names new civil service head to ‘rewire the British state’
UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Sir Chris Wormald as the UK’s cabinet secretary and head of the civil service with a mission to “change the way government
- Posted December 3, 2024
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Innovation 2025 event to showcase government transformation in action
Global Government Forum has today launched the agenda for the 2025 Innovation conference, with the event focusing on providing civil servants in the UK and beyond with the insights and
- Posted November 28, 2024
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Lessons from the rise and fall of the UK’s Department for International Development
The UK’s Department for International Development both tackled poverty around the world and strengthened Britain’s global reputation – but then it was closed and international aid merged with the Foreign
- Posted October 29, 2024
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‘Small changes that cumulatively make a big difference’: UK government launches One Big Thing initiative focused on innovation
The UK civil service has launched its latest One Big Thing campaign, which this year will be focused on innovation in government. One Big Thing is an annual initiative for
- Posted October 21, 2024
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Sue Gray leaves role as UK prime minister’s chief of staff to avoid ‘becoming a distraction’
Sue Gray, the former senior civil servant who moved to a political post as the top advisor to Labour leader Keir Starmer, has stood down from the position after concluding
- Posted October 7, 2024
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New UK civil service chief to help implement mission-driven government as Simon Case announces departure
The UK government has set out the key responsibilities of the next cabinet secretary after Simon Case announced that he will step down from the role at the end of
- Posted October 1, 2024
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Empowering civil servants to deliver missions in government: GGF’s Leading Questions podcast with Dr Dan Honig
Missions are having a moment in government. The new UK administration has pledged to focus its efforts on five key missions, with work underway to restructure government operations to prioritise
- Posted September 24, 2024
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Public Service Data Live 2024 – as it happened
Global Government Forum’s Public Service Data Live conference brought together public servants to discuss how data and artificial intelligence can help unlock better government services on 19 September 2024. Relive
- Posted September 19, 2024