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Starmer Invites Innovators to Join Government Talent Scheme

Whitehall test to attract elite technical experts

23 June 2025 · 02:19 UTC

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called on innovators and disruptors to apply for a new Whitehall pilot programme designed to attract elite technical talent into government, aiming to ‘rewire the state’—though critics caution that inflated political salaries may divert earning potential from the private sector.