Tech solution to Irish border 'won't be ready until 2030', Home Office warns
Leaked document warns "government does not have the strongest track record on delivery of large tech projects"
Worst-case scenario timescale emerges after MPs voice doubts about official 2020 target
Business department also aims to save £10m a year from research councils merger
Union says it took initiative after data showed stress and mental health are biggest reason...
Scotland turnout gives union hope it will hit the UK-wide threshold it didn't reach in 2018's...
Civil service chief executive John Manzoni says upcoming Spending Review will set "long term"...
Steven Boyd, who oversaw phase of government's Hubs Programme, will take over in June...
Budget Committee could prevent fiascos like NHS IT programme, says Public Accounts...
Brexit negotiations were also undermined by politicians' distrust of civil servants, think tank...
Three year review "inappropriate" until withdrawal deal is concluded, says chancellor
May praises "professional and dedicated" civil service as she confirms no-deal planning...
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at...
The government's Outsourcing Playbook addresses some big problems in outsourcing, but there are still gaps to be plugged, writes Benoit Guerin
Civil servants are rightly angry that MPs are getting almost double their pay increase after being told they cannot get any more because of affordability concerns, says Prospect’s Garry Graham
If set up properly and honoured, pay review bodies deliver better results for officials. Now all we need is for ministers to stop ignoring their advice…
Last year, Norman Strauss argued in CSW for the creation of a new ministry for the...
The publication of the first first-hand research report from the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has found violence, fear and vulnerability are widespread in young offender...
The attacks by ultra-Brexiteers on the Commons clerks mirror the attempts to impugn Olly Robbins, writes Sue Cameron
As a director general at the Government Legal Department, Susanna McGibbon oversees legal...
As she steps down from the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport, perm sec Dame Sue...
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...
Future talent chief Lisa Rowley talks to Sam Trendall about the growth of the department’s work placement scheme and why, to compete with private sector giants, government needs to "get...
One year on from the launch of the Fusion Doctrine, there are still obstacles to achieving this ‘whole-system’ approach towards national security objectives. CSW, in partnership with PA Consulting...
Sir Leigh Lewis retired at the end of 2010 after a 38-year career in government that included perm sec stints in both the Home Office and the Department for Work and Pensions. Here are 10 things...
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