Whitehall reforms include advertising top jobs externally

ALL senior civil service roles will now be advertised externally to attract more talent from the private sector, as Michael Gove today launches a government declaration on Whitehall reform.

The plans are among a series of changes that will be signed off at the first ever joint meeting of the Cabinet and civil service leaders from government departments.

The “Declaration of Government Reform”, which was set in motion by Mr Gove and Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser, will also include the relocation of 22,000 civil service roles out of London by 2030.

To further improve the delivery of government projects and programmes, an evaluation task force will be set up in the Cabinet Office to ensure “proper scrutiny of real world results”.

Permanent secretaries of departments will have their performance overseen by the Prime Minister and Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary.