Tony Meggs interview: Infrastructure chief on improving delivery and getting project management professionals into Whitehall's most senior roles
After a career at the top of industry, Tony Meggs joined the civil service to lead Whitehall’s work on project management. He speaks to Richard Johnstone about improving delivery across government and his ambitions for the profession
Unpaid extra hours mean many public sector staff are effectively earning below the minimum wage...
Family-focused pilot scheme will allow staff to return to the UK every weekend
Liam Fox: 'Optimistic' to expect an EU trade deal by March 2019
Cabinet minister highlights government's 'growing consensus' on Brexit...
Public sector pay: regional deals to end 1% cap would be opposed, says union
Potential for move to local pay deals floated by civil service chief slammed as “tricks and...
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — July 24
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at...
Regulatory Policy Committee ‘concerned’ by standard of work across Whitehall
Watchdog says too few impact assessments on new regulations are fit for purpose
Number of civil servants in digital, data, and tech roles continues to rise
While the civil service has shrunk dramatically, its volume and proportion of IT and digital...
Civil Service Commission flags concerns over HR capability
Cabinet Office and Scottish Government among eight organisations given red rating for...
Business appointments watchdog reports spike in applications
ACOBA's annual report shows 27% hike in requests from former Crown servants to take up non-...
Home Office names new Immigration Enforcement director general
Hugh Ind has interim appointment made permanent
ONS report flags upturn in civil service headcount
Annual survey says staff numbers rose by 0.3% in year to April and points to narrowing gender...
Antonia Romeo reflects on the Department for International Trade's first year
Established as Theresa May came to power, the international trade department has spent the last year supporting business and laying the groundwork for future trade deals, argues its permanent...
Gavin Freeguard: How open data can address Whitehall's challenges in the next five years
If Theresa May wants to inspire confidence after a bruising election campaign, she should embrace openness and accountability
'It’s a very big organisation and there are good and bad people': New Cabinet Office minister Damian Green appraises Whitehall
New minister responsible for civil service has praise for officials but also complains about 'ropey' delivery
Meet the minister: a civil servant’s guide to the first day with the new boss
A cabinet minister’s first day at their new department can set the tone for years to come. Andrew Greenway recalls those early encounters
Same difference? How the GDPR will differ from the DPA – and what public servants need to do now
For a public sector only just beginning to adapt to the demands of digital data, the looming General Data Protection Regulation obligations could be alarming. Jane Roberts of Toplevel asks how the...
Jane Dudman: Who needs experts? We all do
Prime minister Theresa May can’t afford to shut herself off from good, impartial advice
Brexit trade challenges, ministerial directions and achieving gender parity: Lunch with Sir Martin Donnelly
The outgoing permanent secretary of the Department for International Trade breaks bread with...
Sir David Norgrove interview: new chair of UK Statistics Authority on elections, the misuse of numbers and working for Margaret Thatcher
Former Treasury economist Sir David Norgrove is no stranger to number crunching and dealing with...
Sherin Aminossehe interview: Government property chief on desk space, relocating civil servants and land disposal
An epiphanal moment in Saudi Arabia prompted Sherin Aminossehe to swap life at a major global...
Catherine Brown interview: Food Standards Agency chief on modern regulation and the horse meat scandal
Outgoing Food Standards Agency chief executive Catherine Brown believed she had a job with a low...
Interview: GDS leader Kevin Cunnington on Whitehall 'self-help groups', spend controls and cold water swimming
After a tumultuous first six months as director general of the Government Digital Service, Kevin...
Sue Owen interview: the DCMS perm sec on her small department with big ideas
With staff numbers and responsibilities growing, DCMS is undergoing something of a...
How do you design optimal digital services for your users?
Understanding users is vital to any change project – but it’s not a simple task. Colin Marrs reports on a round table exploring innovative methods of user research
First civil service commissioner Ian Watmore sets his sights on social diversity
As the Civil Service Commission highlights “negligible” progress on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic diversity in its annual report – and cautions that appointment panels often face “...
The 'loose chicken test': The PM's private secretary explains what it takes to do his job
Alastair Whitehead, Theresa May's private secretary for home affairs, also shares how he draws on his policing experience for life in Whitehall
‘It’s disturbing to see yourself played on stage’: Bernard Jenkin MP reviews new musical based on Kids Company hearing
The chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee finds the Donmar’s new musical Committee a fair and compelling portrayal of the hearing on the collapse of Kids...
The Mighty and the Almighty review: a new anthology on how political leaders "do God"
Geoffrey Lyons reviews Nick Spencer’s The Mighty and the Almighty: How Political Leaders do God – a collection of essays on how current and former heads of state engage with faith...
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow review: "A hefty account of the man who helped shape the future of the United States"
Geoffrey Lyons reviews Ron Chernow's biography of the enterprising statesman whose legacy endures in modern America