The UK government is set to announce significant reforms to Whitehall involving performance-related pay and accelerated exit processes for under-performing civil servants, alongside a drive towards greater digitalisation. These changes, indicated by Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden, seek to modernize the civil service to better handle contemporary challenges like national security. Amid resistance from civil service unions, the government aims to show that despite an increase in civil servants, public services have not improved meaningfully, which has prompted the urgency for a renewal of state mechanisms through accountability and result-driven compensation.
McFadden emphasized that the public feels the current structure of the British state cannot effectively meet modern challenges or ensure national security.
The proposed pay-for-results system aims to hold senior civil servants accountable for achieving key outcomes, paralleling global best practices in civil service reform.
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