Reinvention Blueprint No. 2: Democracy Works When Government Works
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America’s civil service, built for a bygone era, urgently needs bold, comprehensive reform to build a government capable of delivering for the 21st century.Loren DeJonge Schulman (Just Security)
Analysis of party’s proposed cuts also suggests it would get rid of two-thirds of psychologists who support prison staffPeter Walker (the Guardian)
Highest ranking staff will get 2.5% pay rise with bonuses for top performers in plan to ‘rewire’ civil serviceRowena Mason (the Guardian)
Darren Jones says there are good reasons not to disclose certain details and next batch will be released next monthKiran Stacey (the Guardian)
The foreign affairs select committee meets this week to discuss next steps and there are concerns any conclusions reached at this stage may be prematureHenry Dyer (the Guardian)
Starmer’s former chief of staff says he asked people to act quickly but not to skip steps in vetting processJessica Elgot (the Guardian)
Olly Robbins gave MPs a classic civil servant’s performance – and there are lessons from history about how ministers should respondDaniel Boffey (the Guardian)
Wiltshire town councillor Andrew Edwards has ‘a big collection’ and was visible throughout livestreamed proceedingsSammy Gecsoyler (the Guardian)
Starmer’s former chief of staff says he does not recognise media’s portrayal of him before evidence hearing with MPsAlexandra Topping (the Guardian)
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the dramatic fallout from the Guardian’s Peter Mandelson vetting storyPippa Crerar (the Guardian)
Karl Turner, who lost Labour whip after criticising PM, calls for privileges committee to examine if Starmer misled parliamentAlexandra Topping (the Guardian)
Top civil servant reveals more details of vetting process and lack of paper trail for approval of Mandelson’s appointmentPeter Walker (the Guardian)
In evidence to MPs, Cabinet Office top civil servant disputes that her department suggested vetting might not be neededPeter Walker (the Guardian)
Permanent secretary, Cat Little, to give evidence to foreign affairs committee as pressure increases on Keir StarmerAndrew Sparrow (the Guardian)
Sources say cabinet ministers warned PM against alienating civil service after firing of official over Mandelson scandalKiran Stacey (the Guardian)
Mandelson received two ‘clearance denied’ red ticks yet top Foreign Office civil servant says he did not have access to file – which he later readPaul Lewis (the Guardian)
Exclusive: McSweeney summoned by foreign affairs select committee in rare step, as Mandelson vetting row continuesPippa Crerar (the Guardian)
Sacked civil servant acknowledges ‘debate’ about release of documents after question about alleged ‘cover-up’Paul Lewis (the Guardian)
Sacked civil servant tells select committee of ‘pressure’ to give clearance and ‘dismissive’ attitude to vettingPippa Crerar (the Guardian)
Keir Starmer’s decision to oust senior official may have knock-on effect for No 10’s relationship with civil serviceRowena Mason (the Guardian)
Ex-civil servant says he was asked to find diplomatic role for Matthew Doyle, who was later suspended from LabourKiran Stacey (the Guardian)
Sacked Foreign Office permanent secretary says he was under pressure from Downing Street over appointment of US ambassadorPippa Crerar (the Guardian)
Energy secretary says both he and the then foreign secretary were worried making Mandelson US envoy was riskyJessica Elgot (the Guardian)
Starmer says ministers were in the dark, but friends of former top civil servant suggest it was a case of them looking the other wayDaniel Boffey (the Guardian)
There has been a steady succession of departures by ministers and senior officials in the past two yearsJamie Grierson (the Guardian)
PM’s most senior civil servant now has task of rewriting civil service code and ‘making it recognised for improved productivity’Rowena Mason (the Guardian)
