"Darren Jones told MPs Labour needed to focus more on delivery and less on coming up with new policy initiatives to fill the daily media "grid". Sir Keir Starmer appointed Jones to the newly-created role of chief secretary, with the job of enforcing policy delivery across government, in September as part of the latest shake-up of his Downing Street operation."
""We are not focused enough on outcomes," he told the committee. He also said the government was not doing a good enough job of communicating what it had achieved, with too much focus on the "grid" - the daily schedule of new initiatives to be announced to the broadcast media and newspapers. "The system has become addicted to announcements. "Just because there is a grid doesn't mean we have to announce something else on a Tuesday just because it's a Tuesday," he told the committee"
Darren Jones, chief secretary to the prime minister and head of the Cabinet Office, warned that the centre of government is not operating effectively and needs to change. He said Labour must focus more on delivery and less on producing new policy initiatives to fill the daily media 'grid.' He identified public priorities as people feeling better off by the end of the parliament, improvements to public services especially the NHS, and pride in communities and border security. He urged ministers and civil servants to act faster, prioritise outcomes over endless strategy and reviews, and better communicate achievements rather than chase announcements.
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