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2 Oct 18
The health secretary’s promise of £240m extra to help keep older people out of hospitals this winter has been called a “partial fix” by council and social care leaders.
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10 Sep 18
A major consultation to woo “undervalued” health and social care workers is to be unveiled today.
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23 Jul 18
The new health and social care secretary has pledged a £487m investment in healthcare technology.
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10 Jul 18
Matt Hancock has been appointed secretary of state for health and social care in the Cabinet reshuffle prompted by the shock resignations of Boris Johnson and David Davis.
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17 Feb 16
Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock today confirmed that all public bodies are to be barred from undertaking procurement boycotts of Israel under revised government rules.
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4 Feb 16
Councils will have to publish property rationalisation plans as part of a drive to cut the size of the public sector estate, Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock has announced.
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7 Jan 16
The Cabinet Office is developing plans for a separate senior payscale for commercial project managers within the civil service, which could include finance roles.
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7 Dec 15
The government exceeded a target to spend a quarter of Whitehall’s procurement budget with small- and medium-sized business by 2014/15, figures from the Cabinet Office have revealed.
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17 Aug 15
The government is to implement major reforms to unemployment support for under-25s from April 2017, with young people set to lose benefits if they turn down job offers, apprenticeships or training.
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22 May 15
Performance-related pay for civil servants and a ‘more porous’ border with the private sector will be introduced to Whitehall over the next five years, Cabinet Office minister Matthew...