Ed Davey’s comments come after the PM angered Canadians by refusing to answer questions on Trump’s stance on Canada As Eleni Courea reports, this week the government will be unveiling plans for “radical” civil service reform that will involve under-performing officials being incentivised to leave their jobs and senior officials having their pay linked to performance.Today Keir Starmer has written to civil servants seeking to reassure them about what is coming, the BBC is reporting. In his letter Starmer praises civil servants for their “talent, commitment and ideas” and thanks them for their work. And he says:The civil service must once again become the engine room of delivery for every person in every part of the UK.Each one of you must be enabled to re-focus on your core purpose, away from the things that hamper your day to day work, delivering excellent, high-performing public services that improve people’s lives.Keir Starmer has written to civil servants to promise reforms that will unshackle them from bureaucracy and stop their talent being “constrained”, as he seeks to sell officials on plans to cut their jobs.There could be, but what I’d like to see is fewer civil servants working in central London, more working in the regions where the property is cheaper. Continue reading…
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2025-03-10 10:21:00
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