£100 million fund will see teams use “test and learn culture” pioneered by digital companies to tackle some of public sector’s biggest challenges.
  • Tech firm workers encouraged to join government for six to twelve month “Tours of Duty” to work on national missions.
  • Frontline public service workers including prison governors and social work heads to take up secondments in central government to deliver the Plan for Change.
  • Pat McFadden instructs departments to simplify “mind bogglingly bureaucratic and off-putting” application processes for civil service jobs.
  • blackn1ghtEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Tech firm workers encouraged to join government for six to twelve month “Tours of Duty” to work on national missions.

    Why would anyone do this? You’d need to sacrifice your salary and your position at your current job for a temporary 6 to 12 month secondment.