Northern Ireland Civil Service chief Sterling announces retirement
NICS chief says he is "proud" of how civil servants have handled “significant pressure” of working without ministers
Further-education plans also come under scrutiny as Labour promises not to be a “top-down...
Biggest civil service union targets Marsham Street after £3m DWP payout
Biggest civil service union targets Marsham Street after £3m DWP payout
Education funding pledge comes after figures reveal teacher training shortfall
Food and rural affairs lead says Department for Climate Change and Natural Resources would spell...
Prime minister sets out priorities that also include a Budget after the UK leaves the EU
Staff bring out specialist equipment to fix breached river banks as response efforts focus on...
Key question is whether services would be better managed in the public sector, IFS says
PCS, the biggest civil service union, blames "maladminstration" for payment errors
Government announces country will continue to take part in key programmes
Fur-miliar face returns to the Foreign Office as officials are warned to give him space
Last week’s leak gives some insights on trade talks, but the government needs to be more open to get the best results
The argument for government to use business cases is they force a structured conversation about spending, says Andrew Greenway. This is a good idea, but where government puts its money is based on...
Pre-election talks with shadow ministers pose challenges for permanent secretaries – but are also an opportunity to meet ambitious manifesto commitments with an early dose of realism, says IfG's...
Brexit has created a political crisis, but the civil service has stopped it becoming even more destructive, says the former DWP perm sec
Boris Johnson has hailed his new Brexit deal with the EU ahead of a parliamentary vote tomorrow. What’s changed since the last one?
Former officials have an increasingly public role in national debate – is that always a good thing? Suzannah Brecknell explores how retired mandarins balance their duty to contribute to the public...
As she settles in to a new job at her old department, Sarah Healey, permanent secretary at the...
Martin Swain found a new home at Companies House almost a year ago. He tells Colin Marrs about...
From the storm of no-deal Brexit preparation to the headwinds of regulatory reform, Tamara...
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...
On this week's episode of The Civil Service World Podcast, Jess and Suzannah speak to social worker Ryan Wise and Katie Rose from the Centre for Public Impact about a new blueprint for social work...
Leading the way on combatting climate change could easily be an all-consuming task for the civil service, in the absence of other priorities. In the first of a two-part feature, Mark Rowe looks at...
To mark the second annual Geographers in Government conference, Jon Pickstone explains how geographers’ skills can help improve policy and outcomes
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