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Westminster, Whitehall, councils and the public machinery between them.
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England’s first tenant farming commissioner has a serious remit, a very long title and an immediate appointment with the countryside’s paperwork.
Pride in Place promises neighbourhood renewal through local boards, long term funding and enough paperwork to give every broken bench a strategy.
Prison staff safety gets new equipment, while procurement tries to measure a crisis with a green tick.
A government AI challenge seeks public service fixes, then subjects innovation to the traditional tests of forms, panels and printers.
The government’s build baby build housing push repeats its central verb until four verbal homes appear, complete with press access and no drains.
Ofsted report cards will replace one headline grade with a fuller picture, giving parents more information and considerably more to worry about.
A ministerial reshuffle transfers responsibility, nameplates and important expressions between people already standing inside government.
Darren Jones becomes Chief Secretary to oversee government delivery, leaving Downing Street to appoint someone to supervise the supervisors.
