Mark his words: interview with new cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill
Taking up the roles of cabinet secretary and head of the civil service at a time of seismic change, Sir Mark Sedwill is leading a 400,000-strong team that is growing fast and working hard amid deep uncertainty. He talks to Jess Bowie and Suzannah Brecknell about his priorities, and what he thinks will define his time as government’s top official
Applicants must be able to work in a "politically charged environment", the job advert says...
The demands of Brexit and unprecedented ministerial turnover are hindering policy implementation...
The demands of Brexit and unprecedented ministerial turnover are hindering policy implementation...
MoD parliamentary statement reveals plans for armed forces’ reservists to be called up
Move aims to help managers and applicants understand range of opportunities
Welsh HQ will house more than 1,700 staff at site between Cardiff and Pontypridd
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at...
Public Accounts Committee questions Gareth Davies about his time as a board member when Haiti...
IfG session also hears from Lord Robin Butler that internal competition has made managers “...
Annual report flags hike in numbers but shows many ministries come up short
Union dubs move a "first step in the right direction to fairness and equality" .
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
Brexit is already transforming much more than the UK’s relationship with the EU. But amid the uncertainty and acrimony, can politicians, officials and voters seize the chance to make change for...
Philip Hammond heralded an end to austerity, but with growing pressures set to squeeze services further, his Budget can’t meet the public’s expectations
Black History Month reminds us that celebrating differences helps people understand other people’s experiences and illustrates the opportunity to create a culture where everyone can help push the...
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...
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...
A recent CSW roundtable explored the importance of application programming interfaces in achieving end-to-end services.
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 they’d choose to turn on their town’s Christmas...
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 they’d choose to turn on their town’s Christmas...
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