UK cracks down on civil service credit cards after spending quadruples
Ministers plan to cancel thousands of UK government credit cards in response to concerns about waste after spending on these ...
Officials do not fully understand UK skilled worker visa, watchdog says
National Audit Office finds Home Office cannot say what the immigration mechanism is contributing to the economy ...
UK statistics agency delays release of trade data after finding error
Move by Office for National Statistics will fuel questions over quality of its figures following problems with jobs survey ...
UK growth push held back by poor Whitehall co-ordination, watchdog finds
“DBT faces challenges in its relationships with departments who view growth as integral to their own work and therefore have ...
UK civil servants told to deliver or leave as Labour overhauls Whitehall
The new system would involve paying an upfront sum — the amount of which will be subject to consultation — to underachieving ...
Nieman Journalism Lab4d
Only about 1 in 5 British journalists currently works in the office full-time
“Three days a week in the office appears to be the most common practice according to Press Gazette’s research, with the Financial Times, News UK, The Guardian, Sky News, Future, Haymarket and Ladbible ...
UK to impose new targets on regulators to spur innovation
Ministers are set to impose new performance targets on regulators as they seek to encourage agencies to drive revolutionary technologies to market and to attract overseas investors to the UK.
UK chancellor to propose spending cuts to fix worsening public finances
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will this week submit plans to Britain’s official forecaster for billions of pounds of spending cuts, with a focus on slashing the welfare bill to shore up the country’s weak ...
Apple appeals to overturn UK government's 'back door' order, FT reports
Apple has appealed a British government order to create a "back door" in its most secure cloud storage systems, the Financial ...
The Financial Express12d
Americans applying for UK citizenship reaches an all-time high amid Trump’s return and tax changes
More than 6,100 US citizens applied for UK citizenship in 2024, marking the highest figure in the last two decades and a 26% increase from the previous year. Overall, the UK saw around 251,000 ...