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Government Digital Service: Strategic Hiring
UK government facing £45bn in unrealised savings from legacy IT systems, with proposal for dedicated taskforce within Government Digital Service to tackle highest-risk systems
Source: City AM
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening government executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 111.1 (Hot), up 5.2 month-on-month — shows EMEA signal flow easing (-4.4pts).
Government Digital Service: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Government median of 1 across 4 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.
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