The Guardian view on civil service reform: AI cannot conjure a capable state on its own | Editorial

Whitehall needs to change, but more technology isn’t enough. Opening routes to leadership would bring skills that are too often overlookedThe cabinet secretary, Antonia Romeo, called for an overhaul of a “reactive and risk-averse” civil service in her speech last Tuesday. Ministers planned a “radical shift” of powers, resources and accountability to regional and local government, which she said would…