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Cabinet Office signs up ‘AI-led’ professional services firm to support Future Civil Service programme
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (387+ words) The Cabinet Office has signed up global professional services firm Guidehouse Europe to help deliver the cabinet secretary’s Future Civil Service programme. Guidehouse, which describes itself as "a global AI-led professional services firm delivering advisory, technology, and managed services to…...
No.10 appoints ‘expert adviser on structure and process’
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (223+ words) New PM Andy Burnham has appointed a former BBC executive as “expert adviser on structure and process” after the announcement of major machinery of government changes in the civil service. A very brief announcement from No.10 described Gautam Rangarajan as…...
Director general appointed to lead AI Taskforce
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (452+ words) Following recent machinery of government changes, the most senior AI official in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has been appointed to a post in the newly-created Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Ollie Ilott arrived in government…...
Right here, right now: Fiona Mettam and Craig Ogilvie on being head of place for Scotland
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (416+ words) Where in Scotland are you based and how long have you been heads of place for the country? We are both based at Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh and have served as joint heads of place for Scotland since May…...
Probation Service crisis is ‘worse than prisons’, union warns
1+ week, 1+ day ago (486+ words) Probation officers’ union Napo has said that changes to early-release rules for prisoners that are designed to ease the prisons capacity crisis fail to appreciate the huge workload issues being faced by staff. Earlier this week, No.10 and the Ministry…...
FCDO restructure: New strike dates announced
1+ week, 1+ day ago (425+ words) The PCS union has announced further strike action at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office over the department’s restructuring programme. Members of PCS who work at the FCDO have already taken strike action on 16, 22, 23, 29 and 30 July, along with action short…...
AI Security Institute flags ‘unsanctioned incident’ during cyber testing
1+ week, 2+ day ago (546+ words) The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s AI Security Institute has shared details of unexpected and “unsanctioned” behaviour on the part of artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic and OpenAI that emerged in recent tests. AISI said that routine testing…...
Young folks: Quarter of officials now in their 30s
1+ week, 2+ day ago (331+ words) A quarter of civil servants are now in their 30s as the average age of the civil service continues to fall. The 2026 Civil Service Statistics data release, published last week by the Cabinet Office, shows that officials aged 30-39 have become the…...
Ministers announce changes to public procurement spending rules
1+ week, 3+ day ago (387+ words) Public procurement rules will be changed so that businesses bidding for government contracts are judged on their commitment to job creation and skills. Suppliers will be assessed on their commitment to back British jobs, skills and opportunities, specifically targeting support…...
Civil Service Statistics: Voluntary exits quadruple as total departures fall
1+ week, 4+ day ago (423+ words) The number of officials leaving the civil service through voluntary exit schemes has quadrupled in just one year. According to the newly-published Civil Service Statistics data, 2,690 officials left the civil service via voluntary exit schemes in 2025-26, compared to 615 in 2024-25. The…...