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UK Cabinet Office: Strategic Hiring
UK Cabinet Office is recruiting an AI and Innovation Director to build AI-first culture across the civil service, with mandate to drive AI adoption, transform business models, and position UK as global leader in AI government transformation.
Source: The Register
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening government executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 98.6 (Neutral) — down 1.4 versus the prior month — and EMEA signal share is steady (-1.1pts).
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