Regulator moots 'report card' for departments that drag their feet on FoI requests
Information commissioner also said departments had done the "minimum" work needed to comply with GDPR, but there was "much more to be done"
Justin Russell previously oversaw the MoJ's prisons, offender and youth justice policy
Published in February 2017, the Government Transformation Strategy outlined a bold vision for...
Troubled eight-year project reaches fruition as technology is to be deployed nationwide in the...
HMRC says the UK’s commitment to secure borders “will not change in the event of a no deal”...
Announcement comes as damning report finds probation service at one of collapsed company's...
A pay boost for working overnight is among the package offered to entice staff to join...
Watchdog is set to become latest government body to make east London move after funding advance...
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at...
Judge nods to departmental budget pressures as he hands down 12-month sentence
Cabinet sec says Farr “dedicated his entire career to keeping our citizens safe and the country...
Civil service chief says combining the jobs is part of fusion agenda to boost teamwork across...
The attacks by ultra-Brexiteers on the Commons clerks mirror the attempts to impugn Olly Robbins, writes Sue Cameron
The civil service is not immune to “new year, new you” delusions, and HM Treasury is the main offender, says Andrew Greenway
The role of private secretary is a well-beaten path to power. but what’s so special about being a secretary? Andrew Greenway explores
As the deadline for ditching the 22-year-old platform draws near, some major government departments are still using GSi email addresses – but all contend that they are on track for the March cut-...
Rapid job changes across government costs money and is bad for policy. So why does it persist?
Twelve months on from the collapse of one of the government’s biggest contractors, Richard Johnstone looks at how the Cabinet Office has responded and reformed its approach to outsourcing
Jin Sahota is the government procurement expert in charge of unlocking billions for the NHS...
Taking up the roles of cabinet secretary and head of the civil service at a time of seismic...
As part of our series profiling up-and-coming leaders in the civil service, Marsha Osivwemu, the...
Moving to the education department brought Jonathan Slater back to a policy area he knows and...
"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...
Recently released files from the prime minister’s office of the early 1990s – many of them marked secret or confidential – shine a light on the inner workings of Number 10 and the roles of civil...
As we begin another momentous year in UK politics, civil service chief exec John Manzoni and BT managing director of major and public sector Colm O’Neill came together to discuss the future of...
With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights....
Has the age of Twitter changed the Foreign Office – or just what we expect from documentaries? Sue Cameron considers the BBC’s recent exploration of the FCO
The biography examines 70 years of history between government and academia as well as the changing relationship between TV and politics
The former permanent secretary of the culture department chews the fat with Suzannah Brecknell