Brexit, AI governance, and public service leadership: 2021 in review

As we mentioned in yesterday's round up of 2021's top news stories, it has been yet another year dominated by the coronavirus. But that has been far from the only issue on the minds of civil servants. It has also been a year when the UK and the European Union agreed a trade deal following Britain's exit from the bloc – although the terms of the agreement are again being negotiated. And much as Brexit seems set to be something of a permanent presence in UK politics in the years ahead, many of the most popular articles in 2021 covered issues that have always been prominent across public services, but which have been given extra urgency by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a round up of some of those top articles.