Darren Jones to make it easier to sack senior civil servants under plans to ‘rewire’ Whitehall
Chief secretary to prime minister will also bring in small, risk-taking task forces to target specific problemsKeir Starmer’s chief enforcer Darren Jones says he is going to bust “the sludge” in Whitehall by bringing in risk-taking taskforces to deal with problems and provide the ability to...
<p>Chief secretary to prime minister will also bring in small, risk-taking task forces to target specific problems</p><p>Keir Starmer’s chief enforcer Darren Jones says he is going to bust “the sludge” in Whitehall by bringing in risk-taking taskforces to deal with problems and provide the ability to sack senior civil servants who do not deliver.</p><p>Jones, who is chief secretary to the prime minister, said civil servants should feel “jeopardy” if they were underperforming, highlighting that only seven out of 7,000 senior civil servants were on improvement plans.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/20/darren-jones-sack-civil-servants-rewire-whitehall">Continue reading...</a>
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