Overview
- The bonus pot will remain the same but be concentrated on fewer high performers, with current data showing 55% of senior officials receive awards.
- Persistent underperformance will be managed up to dismissal, with officials citing figures of only two dismissals out of 6,700 senior staff last year and just seven on performance plans, plus 76 DWP terminations since 2022.
- Ministers will set key performance indicators for senior civil servants as hiring shifts to prioritize frontline delivery, innovation and private‑sector experience.
- Taskforces modeled on the Vaccine Taskforce will fast‑track recruitment and procurement with direct ministerial backing to accelerate digital public services.
- The plan includes a new national school of government and an expansion of No 10 innovation fellows, as unions and opposition figures warn of growing costs and headcount.