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Voices: Rachel Reeves’s growth speech felt more like an emergency Budget

COMMENT: Allies insist that, after a gloomy start in the job, the chancellor had long planned to shift up a gear – but her announcement of a third Heathrow runway and a ‘Silicon Valley’ from Oxford to Cambridge felt suspiciously like someone in a hurry to correct her own mistakes,…

The Independent UK

AI prototypes for UK welfare system dropped as officials lament ‘false starts’

Exclusive: Pilots for staff training, jobcentres and speeding up disability benefit payments not being taken up

The Guardian - UK

No more reviews: Reeves ‘impatient at pace of change’ in quest for growth

There is a new restlessness in Treasury and No 10, but some ministers fear forceful approach may signal panic

The Guardian - UK

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Starmer wants the economy to grow, baby, grow. Woe betide the ‘blockers’ who get in his way

By sweeping aside everyone from local planners to defenders of the green belt, Labour is handing a gift to Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Reeves to instruct national wealth fund to work with mayors to boost growth

Chancellor says new scheme aims to bridge gap between Whitehall and local leaders to avoid previous top-down approach

The Guardian - UK

Whitehall ‘group think’ and inter-departmental rows slammed by vaccine tsar

Dame Kate Bingham was commissioned by the previous government to help the UK secure vaccines during the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Government AI assistant named after ‘machiavellian’ sitcom legend

Chillingly, in the BBC sitcom, Humphrey emerges as cabinet secretary, the most powerful position in the civil service

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Civil Service ‘Humphrey’ AI tools aim to cut back spending and speed up work

Some of the tools, named after the fictional Whitehall official Sir Humphrey Appleby from the BBC’s Yes, Minister, are ready for use straight away.

The Independent UK

Market turmoil has calmed but Rachel Reeves faces more challenges ahead

Chancellor survives chaos in markets but faces more questions on growth, cuts, public sector pay and fraud

The Guardian - UK

Marcus Rashford’s holiday scheme for kids wins reprieve from spending cuts

Concerns had been mounting over future of £200m a year scheme providing food and activities for vulnerable children

The Guardian - UK

‘A watershed moment’: how will Labour play Trump 2.0?

Starmer open to second state visit for Donald Trump, amid worries about tariffs and recent setbacks to political relationship

The Guardian - UK

‘He’s one of the best’: the economist shaping Rachel Reeves’s growth plans

John Van Reenen believes he can help Labour solve the ‘peculiar British problem’ of chronically weak productivity

The Guardian - UK

Government missions at risk without urgent Civil Service reform – think tank

Research found ‘little evidence’ that the Government’s overarching plans had ‘truly gripped Whitehall’.

The Independent UK

Drones flying into jails in England and Wales are national security threat, says prisons watchdog

Chief inspector of prisons issues warning after surge in weapons and drugs flown into high-security facilities in England and Wales

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The Independent UK

Cambridge spy Blunt feared violence from his KGB controller

Newly-declassified files show notorious double agent refused ‘insane’ order to follow fellow spies Burgess and Maclean to Moscow.

The Guardian - UK

No 10 backs Rachel Reeves to remain in post for rest of parliament

Keir Starmer offers support to underfire chancellor after bruising start to new year

The Independent UK

UK to go ‘all-in’ on AI as Starmer throws weight of Whitehall behind technology

The Government is set to put more support into AI development in a bid to boost growth and cut costs.

Evening Standard

UK to go ‘all-in’ on AI as Keir Starmer throws weight of Whitehall behind technology

The Government is set to put more support into AI development in a bid to boost growth and cut costs

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The Guardian - UK

Fears grow over censorship of secret Queen Elizabeth and Philip papers

Critics flag ‘worrying trend’ of keeping royal files under lock and key as thousands set for release to public

Evening Standard

Jess Phillips faced ‘deluge of hate’ after Elon Musk grooming gangs comments

Mr Musk’s comments followed Labour’s decision to decline a Whitehall-led inquiry into child sexual abuse.

The Guardian - UK

Civil service morale worsened despite improving pay levels, survey finds

Whitehall Monitor report also said churn increased as three new departments created under Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

Post-cold war peace ‘well and truly over’, warns David Lammy

Foreign secretary says keeping the British people safe means standing up to Russia

The Independent UK

Brexiteer meltdown as Starmer makes May’s chief EU negotiator Foreign Office chief mandarin

Sir Oliver Robbins’ appointment is being seen as a signal of intent for Starmer’s plans to reset relations with the EU

Evening Standard

UK considering frontloading payments to Mauritius over Chagos deal

Downing Street would not be drawn on financial arrangements, but it is thought Whitehall could stump up a number of years’ payments

The National (Scotland)

Nine in 10 Scots don't believe Labour will lower energy bills, poll finds

THE Labour Party will not succeed in its pledge to cut energy bills, the vast majority of Scots have said in a fresh poll ...

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