Antonia Romeo, the cabinet secretary, gestures while speaking at a podium with a microphone
The cabinet secretary, Antonia Romeo, said fundamental reform of the civil service to improve productivity was essential given the ‘tight fiscal context’. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
The cabinet secretary, Antonia Romeo, said fundamental reform of the civil service to improve productivity was essential given the ‘tight fiscal context’. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Whitehall is too ‘tame, reactive and risk-averse’, says UK’s top civil servant

Antonia Romeo pledges to ‘rewire’ civil service by incentivising and rewarding top performers