Carillion one year on: how has the government changed outsourcing?
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
National statistician John Pullinger said he was looking for entries that are "innovatively and...
MoD permanent secretary admits the contract has not been "anywhere near as successful as we’d...
UK Supreme Court rejects request for NI attorney general for clarification on powers, saying...
HMRC grabs 2018 top spot, but new civil service-wide benchmark reveals unexpected findings
Major government contractor G4S fails to win any bids in the latest contracts round.
Rudd also confirmed plans to delay the next phase of the rollout but said DWP would still...
Cross-departmental plan intends to cut the societal cost of pollution by £5.3bn by 2030
Reports claim the bloc could reopen exit talks if a clear parliamentary consensus emerges in...
Department embarks upon drive to deliver 250 digital services in a more ‘joined-up way’
Jonathan Slater urges staff to put themselves forward for “vital” roles
Unions urge members to continue to bring forward complaints and “expect that the Scottish...
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...
Sir Jeremy Heywood reflects on his civil service career as he announces he is to step down as Cabinet secretary to focus on his treatment for cancer
When the history of Brexit is written, it will be some of this country’s political leaders, not its civil service, that will be subject to the harshest scrutiny, says the former DWP perm sec
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...
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
Former cabinet secretary Lord Andrew Turnbull shares his reflections, and a lunch, with Suzannah Brecknell