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Think tank urges greater measures including a dedicated chief talent officer to improve processes heads of public bodies and departmental non-execs

Institute for Government says that renationalisation process was undertaken too quickly – but was ultimately ‘mostly successful’

Former DDaT-focused accountant wins case brought after department cut her base salary

Incumbent Simon McKinnon will step down in March 2023

Aspiring PM ‘doesn’t understand the basics’ of how government works, critics claim

Officials will reportedly be asked to look over five years of posts to check there is no ‘potentially problematic material’

Government claims that only 1.2% of eligible recipients have so far taken advantage of social tariff 

Lord Kirkhope claims costs of failing to maintain close ties with Europe will outweigh even the government’s claimed benefits of £11bn

Staff working on agency’s webchat, helpline and email support begin walkout 

Procurement agency saw £27.6bn spent through its agreements in the last fiscal year, including £2.2bn directly with SMEs

But Home Office clams there ‘has been no increase or acceleration’ in underlying cost of scheme

Local authority makes bid for funding from central government 

Labour claims Conservatives are operating as a ‘zombie government’ as 15 online feedback-gathering exercises have been left dormant since 2019 election

Workers delivering webchat and telephone service via outsourced deal vote for six-day walkout

Cabinet Office unit is seeking a technology leader whose remit will include spearheading DDaT professionals’ efforts to decommission legacy system

Labour party to introduce bill intended to increase transparency and accountability 

DIT claims the use of digital tools has helped with detecting fraudsters 

Government body hires specialist firm to undertake review after report shows one in five workers claim they were bullied or harassed last year

Annual stats release shows that more than one in 25 officials is now employed in the DDaT profession, making it bigger than any profession other than policy

Various vulnerable groups are among those at risk of lacking the connectivity or skills to engage with public services, according to Graham Cutting of Cantium

Kit Malthouse tells podcast that he believes officials ought to spend three or four days a week in the office