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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea Political correspondent

Government seeks Whitehall ‘startup’ culture with tech worker secondments

Blurred figures walk past a street sign showing directions to Parliament Street and Whitehall
Startups and tech workers will join government for six- to-12-month ‘tours of duty’. Photograph: Richard Baker/Corbis/Getty Images

Tech employees will be seconded to work in Whitehall for year-long stints to help the UK government function “more like a startup” under plans to rewire the state.

Ministers will spend £100m on public sector reform as part of a shake-up of the workings of government to achieve Keir Starmer’s targets.

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