Foreword

I am pleased to share the Government Legal Department’s (GLD) Business Plan for 2023-24. The past year has yet again seen teams across our department rise to the challenge of ensuring the Government has had outstanding legal support, as it has navigated a particularly turbulent period. From the cost-of-living crisis to industrial relations, negotiating the Windsor Framework through to the war in Ukraine, our legal work has been central to the Government’s response – great work delivered by great teams.

In 2023-24, GLD will continue to play a vital role in “helping the government to govern well, within the rule of law” which remains our core purpose. We will do this working closely with the Attorney General in her role as chief legal adviser to the Government, supporting the Prime Minister in the delivery of his priorities.

This business plan outlines the wide range of high profile and complex legal work that will form our delivery priorities for the coming year as well as setting out how we plan to continue to build the department we aspire to be, playing our part in ongoing Civil Service reform.

This year we reach the final year of GLD’s Strategy 2019-2024. I am delighted with the progress we have made in delivering this strategy over the last few years and now is the time to look forward to what comes next. In the coming year, we have decided to focus on

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