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Government Digital Strategy Implementation

The Cabinet Office and DSIT are implementing a government-wide digital transformation strategy to build digital capability across the civil service, with targets including 10% of civil servants having digital expertise by 2026 and all departments appointing digital non-executive directors. The initiative aims to reduce reliance on external digital consultants (saving up to £500 million annually) and improve digital procurement and legacy technology management, though current progress shows only 5.5% of civil servants meet the expertise target as of April 2025.

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6 Mar 2026 | Research Cabinet Office linked

Update on government shared services

Government efforts to pool ‘back office’ functions into a central, shared services structure are still facing uncertainty and delay. Report type: value_for_money | Departments: ['Cabinet Office', 'Cross-government'] | Topics: ['Digital infrastructure', 'Digital services', 'Digital transformation',

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29 Jan 2025 | Research Cabinet Office linked

Government cyber resilience

The cyber threat to UK government is severe; government must act now to protect its own operations and key public services. Report type: value_for_money | Departments: ['Cabinet Office'] | Topics: ['Cyber security', 'Defence and national security', 'Digital, data and technology']

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2 Feb 2024 | Research Cabinet Office linked

Non-executive appointments

Government is taking longer than it should to appoint non-executive directors (NEDs) to public positions, and these delays can leave gaps on boards, creating risks to governance, and reducing the number of high-quality candidates. Report type: value_for_money | Departments: ['Cabinet …

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25 Oct 2023 | Research Cabinet Office linked

Cabinet Office functional savings

The Cabinet Office reports efficiency savings across shared government functions, but they could implement a more robust approach. Report type: value_for_money | Departments: ['Cabinet Office', 'Cross-government'] | Topics: ['Commercial and financial management', 'Efficiency and savings']

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30 Nov 2022 | Research Cabinet Office linked

Government Shared Services

The Government has made progress delivering its latest strategy to share back-office services across Whitehall departments in the past year, but remaining barriers will need to be addressed for it to deliver its plans by 2028 and achieve value for …

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