Departments 'overly secretive' about Brexit consultancy spending
PAC finds contracts are being published late, heavily redacted or not at all
National Audit Office recognises progress but says ‘significant’ time and budget challenges...
Despite its relatively compact proportions, No. 10 Downing Street packs a hefty historical punch...
Prospect chief calls on cabinet secretary to ensure civil servants rights are upheld amid...
Ministries prepare for food shortages and months of traffic disruption as Home Office says...
Outgoing HMRC chief Sir Jon Thompson appointed to board of pan-public sector leadership...
Dave Penman urges PM to state “categorically and publicly” that no civil servant will be placed...
Appointment follows Johnson pledge for "thorough review" of the charge
Proposal for a new link between Scotland and Northern Ireland mentioned as an opportunity to...
Environment secretary admits there are "risks" to exports despite preparations
Civil service chief says that assurance panel reflects the speed of the campaign launch
Offer by department intended to end dispute, but PCS seeks more information from ministers
Officials who fear change should be wary, writes Andrew Greenway, while Andrew Kakabadse warns his analysis of the civil service overlooks the values that drive civil servants
Former civil servant Steve O'Neil takes a fresh look at the appliance of science at the heart of government
John Manzoni highlights the progress being made on the use of data as an asset to counter fraud, and invites civil servants and all interested sectors to share and contribute to a government...
The only certainty in the Conservative leadership race is that some civil servants will get a new boss, says the Institute for Government’s Tim Durrant
To successfully handle new post-Brexit powers, public bodies across the UK will need to build on ways they already work together – and manage divergence – across the nations
Taking a stand for civil service impartiality is more important now than at any time in the past 100 years
As she steps down after nearly a decade as the nation’s doctor, Davies talks to Beckie...
Three years and three secretaries of state into his time as Ministry of Defence permanent...
Philip Rycroft has spent much of his career working on devolution – the biggest force for change...
After working on some of the first “green investment” schemes in the 1990s, Emma Howard Boyd has...
Department’s chief digital information officer tells Civil Service World about...
After 10 years scrutinising government accounts and trying to stop departments from squandering...
With free movement now set to end abruptly on 31 October, the Home Office remains unable to answer key questions
As select committees turn 40, Paul Evans, clerk of committees, reflects on how parliamentary scrutiny of government has changed over the past four decades
As the Government Finance Function launches its first five-year strategy, CSW reports from a workshop hosted to consider some of the challenges ahead
Some surprising figures have invited management consultants into Whitehall over the past six decades, although their private-sector expertise has not always been directed where it was needed most...
Isabel Hardman’s examination of the inhabitants of parliament reveals some of the factors that have contributed to the country’s current crisis, writes Anthony Fitzsimmons
A vivid account by a meritocratic polymath, Lord Levene’s memoirs leave Peter Hennessy pondering why peacetime Britain produces so few ‘fixers’ of his calibre