Cabinet secretary and civil service COO ‘need more power’, think tank says
22 Jan Civil Service Reform

Cabinet secretary and civil service COO ‘need more power’, think tank says

Institute for Government argues Whitehall also requires a strong new central delivery unit
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Brexit negotiator to head up UK Mission to the EU
22 Jan Brexit
Brexit negotiator to head up UK Mission to the EU
Transfer news: deputy cabinet secretary to become Premier League exec
22 Jan HR
Transfer news: deputy cabinet secretary to become Premier League exec
Border Force hit Brexit recruitment target – but only with agency staff
22 Jan Brexit
Border Force hit Brexit recruitment target – but only with agency staff
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Deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara to leave civil service
21 Jan HR
Deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara to leave civil service
MacNamara has been “instrumental in transforming the Cabinet Office”, cab sec says
No summer holidays abroad this summer, civil servants warned
21 Jan Coronavirus
No summer holidays abroad this summer, civil servants warned
Lockdown rules will be in place "a little bit longer", Scotland's clinical adviser says
Unions call for immediate review of HMCTS coronavirus safety regime
21 Jan Coronavirus
Unions call for immediate review of HMCTS coronavirus safety regime
Acting CEO Kevin Sadler is told service has failed to implement strong enough measures to ensure buildings are Covid-secure
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Closing argument: ex-legal chief Jonathan Jones on Brexit, Covid and leaving government
21 Jan Brexit
Closing argument: ex-legal chief Jonathan Jones on Brexit, Covid and leaving government
Jonathan Jones’s three-decade civil service career came to an abrupt end in September when he quit over controversial elements of the internal market bill. The government’s former top lawyer tells Beckie Smith about his departure, cocktail recipes, and the legal side of the Covid crisis
‘Government could support councils with innovation and risk-taking’
20 Jan Coronavirus
‘Government could support councils with innovation and risk-taking’
Local authority and industry leaders discuss the impact of the last year, and how Whitehall can help ‘share the risk’ of transformation
Lessons from America: should the UK consider US-style government transitions?
20 Jan Leadership
Lessons from America: should the UK consider US-style government transitions?
If Joe Biden had won a general election in the UK rather than the US, he would have assumed office immediately and his administration would now be in its third month. But is such a swift transition of power a good thing? And is it effective from the point of view of the civil service? Geoffrey Lyons reports
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The Cyber Security Summit
26 Jan 2021
Online Conference
The Cyber Security Summit
Bridging the Gap: Helping patients overcome delays in accessing innovative new medicines
26 Jan 2021
Online Webinar
Bridging the Gap: Helping patients overcome delays in accessing innovative new medicines
The Crisis Communications Conference
28 Jan 2021
Online Conference
The Crisis Communications Conference
Who is the modern civil servant?
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January 2021 CSW digital issue available to read
19 Jan Leadership
January 2021 CSW digital issue available to read
Exclusive interviews with Simon Case, Jonathan Jones, and winners of the Diversity and Inclusion Awards revealed
‘The complexity of the problem is the thing that first hit me’: cabinet secretary Simon Case on Covid, his return to No.10, and working with Dominic Cummings
21 Dec 2020 Civil Service Reform
‘The complexity of the problem is the thing that first hit me’: cabinet secretary Simon Case on Covid, his return to No.10, and working with Dominic Cummings
After two years at the royal household, Simon Case returned to government this summer to head up its coronavirus response. Now cabinet secretary, he tells Beckie Smith and Richard Johnstone what it’s been like steering the civil service through a pandemic
‘He lived and breathed joined-up government’: the civil service life and times of Mark Sedwill
09 Sep 2020 Leadership
‘He lived and breathed joined-up government’: the civil service life and times of Mark Sedwill
As the cabinet secretary stands down after more than 30 years in the civil service, CSW asks people who have worked with him: who is Sir Mark Sedwill?
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Hampshire County Council: Speeding up support for over 50,000 vulnerable people shielding at home from Covid-19
19 Jan Operational Delivery
Hampshire County Council: Speeding up support for over 50,000 vulnerable people shielding at home from Covid-19
With over 50,000 vulnerable people shielding at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, Hampshire County Council urgently needed to understand their support needs. PA Consulting explain how a 7-day programme of changes dramatically enhanced the Council's ability to reach those most in need.
How the Transforming Public Procurement Green Paper is set to impact public sector procurement
22 Dec 2020 Commercial
How the Transforming Public Procurement Green Paper is set to impact public sector procurement
The publication of the government’s green paper setting out the post-Brexit future for public procurement is a historic moment. Proxima’s John Collington sets out what it means
Explore, design and test: using behavioural science to improve public policy and communications
10 Dec 2020
Explore, design and test: using behavioural science to improve public policy and communications
The Covid-19 pandemic has birthed one of the most intense periods of behavioural marketing and policy making since the field’s inception, writes Kantar Public
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