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Speaking as a Brit, it amazes me that Gov.uk somehow managed to avoid getting purged under various administrations from 2010-24. No doubt slowing things down an
by scrlk 2y ago
Speaking as a Brit, it amazes me that Gov.uk somehow managed to avoid getting purged under various administrations from 2010-24. No doubt slowing things down and flying under the radar helped, otherwise it would have probably gotten the chop via some asinine HM Treasury spending review.
The Government Digital Service (GDS) was recently moved from the Cabinet Office (pretty close to the centre of power) to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. It will be interesting to see if the GDS and Gov.uk can retain the same clout and effectiveness after the move.
- jen20 2y agoI remember hearing a talk in around 2014 where one of the leads from GDS said that Frances Maud made it his business to ensure that no one and nothing interfered with what they were doing. I’m surprised that lasted through the May/Johnson/Truss/Sunak years though.
- gm3dmo 2y agoThe GDS had "teeth". Forcing the reset of Universal Credit for instance: https://beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/lessons-uk-universal-credit/ https://beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/lessons-uk-universal-cred... that can't have been an easy decision to take.