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Whitehall is too ‘tame, reactive and risk-averse’, says UK’s top civil servant

Antonia Romeo pledges to ‘rewire’ civil service by incentivising and rewarding top performers Whitehall is too “tame, reactive and risk-averse”, the cabinet secretary has said, as she set out a “completely new approach” to managing the performance of civil servants. With Andy Burnham and his deputy, Louise Haigh, in the audience, the UK’s most senior civil servant, Antonia Romeo, gave a lecture saying she would bring radical change to Whitehall as it deals with uncertainty caused by AI and global political tensions. Continue reading...

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Labour MPs raise concerns Burnham’s 10-year-plan will not be radical enough

Exclusive: Reindustrialisation Research Group to meet with Cabinet Office to discuss worries over PM’s long-term strategy Labour MPs have sounded the alarm over Andy Burnham’s 10-year plan for government, raising concerns that it will not be radical or detailed enough. MPs in the Reindustrialisation Research Group (ReRG), many of whom represent “red wall” seats that helped Labour win the last election, are meeting Sally Jameson, the Cabinet Office minister, on Wednesday to share their concerns about the prime minister’s long-term strategy. Continue reading...

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International

Who is Stephen Miller, the new gateway man to Trump? – Decoding America podcast

Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad examine the Democrats’ failed impeachment attempt against US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and ask: could we see another bid soon? Jonathan also delves into the backstory of Trump’s new chief of staff, Stephen Miller, to find out how the descendant of a family fleeing persecution developed such hardline views on migration

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Politics

Bank of England’s inflation response ‘risks higher interest rates for longer’

Thinktank Niesr says timid rate rise last week likely to make inflation more persistent feature of UK economy The Bank of England is risking higher interest rates for longer after a hesitant response to rising inflation, according to leading thinktank. In a searing critique of the central bank’s tactics, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) said a timid increase in interest rates last week was likely to mean inflation staying above the Bank’s 2% target until at least 2030. Continue reading...

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