"Nin Pandit, the prime minister's top civil service aide, is to leave her role after less than 10 months. Sources at No 10 denied she had quit and said she would step into a new policy delivery role and the prime minister would now take more direct control of delivery. The Guardian understands that Pandit, once praised by Dominic Cummings as one of the brilliant women around the table who would have done the job of prime minister 10 times better than Boris Johnson,"
"York-Smith's appointment will be taken as a sign of No 10's need to beef up economic expertise. It has long been rumoured that Starmer wanted to appoint more economic and infrastructure experts to his policy unit but no appointments have been announced. York-Smith is an experienced Treasury official, who has led economic strategy for six chancellors and oversees tax and welfare at the Treasury."
Keir Starmer has begun reorganising Downing Street by moving Nin Pandit out of the principal private secretary role after under ten months and creating a new policy delivery position. The prime minister will take more direct control of delivery while Dan York-Smith, an experienced Treasury official who led economic strategy for six chancellors and oversees tax and welfare, will replace Pandit as principal private secretary. The change signals a push to strengthen economic and infrastructure expertise in No 10, and Downing Street denied any sacking or demotion, stressing Pandit retains the prime minister’s confidence. The cabinet secretary is reported as remaining in post despite criticism.
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