we had the appointment this week of a new cabinet secretary, sir chris wormald, who's a whitehall veterannted to shake things up and do things differently, shouldn't you have appointed somebody who's not been in the system their whole professional life? well, i think it's important to have experience as well, and i really welcome his appointment. we had cabinet office questions today in the house, and i congratulated him on his appointment. i think it's a really good thing. he's got a lot of experience to bring to the table. so these missions, then, how did you actually go about deciding that these were the metrics you were going to aim for? because there's presumably a thousand different targets you could have picked. so with these milestones today, it's sort of the next phase of mission driven government. and i think it's important to set out these sort of areas of focus. and i think they're things that people really care about. when i speak to constituents, they're often concerned about crime and anti—social behaviour. so the idea of having a named police officer for their community, i

meanwhile, sir chris wormald, who oversaw pandemic ppe spending, has been appointed the uk's top civilant. masterchef star gregg wallace says he's now taking time out after apologising for calling his critics middle class women of a certain age. the bbc, though, is sticking with him , though, is sticking with him, confirming all his shows including a christmas special, will air as planned. the presenter, who faces allegations of inappropriate sexual jokes, posted an apology on social media saying he had been under stress and wasn't in a good headspace. but number 10 weighed in, calling his comments inappropriate and misogynistic. the culture secretary, lisa nandy, has already spoken to bbc bosses about the recent backlash. we've heard this morning that the uk's jobs market is steadier than it seemed. new figures from the office for national statistics show that employment levels are more than 300,000, higher than before the pandemic. that's despite earlier data suggesting they'd barely budged. unemployment, meanwhile, remains unchanged at 4.2%. the ons has also revised the employment r

president elect donald trump has called the pardon an an abuse and miscarriage of justice, and sir chris wormald, he's been appointed cabinet secretary, becoming the uk's top civil servant and the prime minister's most senior policy adviser. he's taking over from simon case, who is stepping down at the end of this year on on health grounds after four years in the role. sir keir starmer says sir chris will bring a wealth of experience to this role at a critical moment in the work of change. this new government has begun. change. this new government has begun . and on that theme, begun. and on that theme, actually, the prime minister is set to reveal his plan for change this week, claiming it will be the most ambitious yet honest delivery plan in a generation . reports suggest that generation. reports suggest that mr starmer will pledge that by march 2029, the nhs will meet its target of carrying out 92% of routine operations and appointments within 18 weeks, a target that has not been achieved for almost a decade. nhs bosses have warned, though, that the target could turn a&e into what they calle