Civil servants are not Brexit blockers says Cabinet Office minister
Oliver Dowden says that it is part of the job of officials to raise problems with policy plans
The union said it is gearing up to take legal action against every major department that ended...
The newest profession in the Government Communication Service focuses on improving the way...
Plans were leaked as MPs prepare to question employment minister Alok Sharma about the rollout...
Cabinet Office says opening of new office for more than 6,000 civil servants a key milestone in...
Sedwill said anonymous sniping was 'unnaceptable' the week after HMRC chief Jon Thompson...
Diversity and inclusion must be "an integral part of every part of the defence operating model...
Some policies have gone ahead “apparently unchallenged, despite falling short of the...
Rollout of equipment in the early stages but come in response to a growing number of abusive...
The department's slow response to a price hike last year was "doubly worrying in the context of...
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at...
The union says that introducing deal while government pay guidance is under judicial review is “...
The government faces tough choices on spending, and it’s time it involved the public in that discussion
Norman Strauss recently argued in CSW that there was a need to create a new ministry for the opposition to help change the civil service and share its expertise more widely across society...
The Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Inquiry shows what can happen when these values are undermined, writes the FDA chief
Parliament’s important role of policymaking is not well understood by all civil servants. As its work on Brexit increases, it is time to change that
The civil service has many skills but finds itself resistant to change. It needs to disseminate itself more widely across society – and a new ministry for the opposition could do it, according to...
The lack of consultation over civil service pay has meant that trade unions have had to turn to the law to get the government to the table. It shouldn’t be this way, says the head of the FDA
"When I was at college, I never knew the civil service was for everyone to join, it thought it...
"There are plenty of positive professional role models in the technology industry, but getting...
A Spending Review offers a chance to re-examine projects and plans from the last four years –...
Elizabeth Gardiner, the first parliamentary counsel, leads the team that writes the UK’s...
Matthew Rycroft has undertaken some challenging foreign policy roles in government, from helping...
The NHS in Scotland is run by one of the country’s most senior and experienced civil servants –...
A wide-ranging change to how government recruits for roles is being introduced across government. Whitehall’s chief people officer Rupert McNeil and other experts speak to CSW about what the move...
Colin Marrs reports on a Civil Service Live round table discussion exploring how to spread innovation across government
The civil service is committed to becoming the UK’s most inclusive employer by 2020. But how is it getting on? Tim Gibson listens in to a roundtable about the topic to find out
Former cabinet secretary Lord Andrew Turnbull shares his reflections, and a lunch, with Suzannah Brecknell
The chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee finds the Donmar’s new musical Committee a fair and compelling portrayal of the hearing on the collapse of Kids...
Geoffrey Lyons reviews Nick Spencer’s The Mighty and the Almighty: How Political Leaders do God – a collection of essays on how current and former heads of state engage with faith...