New civil service training 'will raise standards and reduce reliance on consultants'
15 Jan Civil Service Reform

New civil service training 'will raise standards and reduce reliance on consultants'

Updated curriculum will reduce risk of duplication and offer better value for money, Cabinet Office says
by Beckie Smith
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'The scientific community came together to innovate’: how one BEIS-backed institute responded to Covid
15 Jan Coronavirus
'The scientific community came together to innovate’: how one BEIS-backed institute responded to Covid
HMRC pledges to publish more data on unpaid tax
15 Jan Economics
HMRC pledges to publish more data on unpaid tax
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MHCLG ‘underestimated rough-sleeper numbers sevenfold’
14 Jan Local & Devolved
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Government shakes up digital leadership
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Government shakes up digital leadership
Home Office tech chief Davinson appointed leader of newly created Central Digital and Data Office while Read arrives from MoJ to head up GDS
Civil servants could get military-style training at Sandhurst, PM says
14 Jan Civil Service Reform
Civil servants could get military-style training at Sandhurst, PM says
Boris Johnson also calls free school meals parcels a "disgrace" at Liaison Committee session
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Dave Penman: There’s huge demand from civil servants for greater flexible working. Departments should help make it happen
12 Jan HR
Dave Penman: There’s huge demand from civil servants for greater flexible working. Departments should help make it happen
FDA research reveals many civil servants want to hold on to home working even after the coronavirus emergency. Ministers must catch up to where their workforce is
National Infrastructure Commission chief on joining during lockdown: ‘I look forward to being able to hold an all staff meeting in person’
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National Infrastructure Commission chief on joining during lockdown: ‘I look forward to being able to hold an all staff meeting in person’
2020 was a year unlike any other, with the coronavirus pandemic upending the work of government and changing how we live our daily lives. Senior figures from across the civil service tell us how the unprecedented 12 months affected them, and look ahead to 2021
'This year has been a tremendous reminder of the importance of the union': civil service COO Alex Chisholm reflects on 2020
04 Jan
'This year has been a tremendous reminder of the importance of the union': civil service COO Alex Chisholm reflects on 2020
2020 was a year unlike any other, with the coronavirus pandemic upending the work of government and changing how we live our daily lives. Senior figures from across the civil service tell us how the unprecedented 12 months affected them, and look ahead to 2021
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Planning for the year ahead: What you need to know now for the 2021 Spending Review
21 Jan 2021
Planning for the year ahead: What you need to know now for the 2021 Spending Review
The Cyber Security Summit
26 Jan 2021
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Bridging the Gap: Helping patients overcome delays in accessing innovative new medicines
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Bridging the Gap: Helping patients overcome delays in accessing innovative new medicines
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‘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?
Jonathan Jones quits: Ex-ambassador Darroch ‘not surprised’ as fallout continues
09 Sep 2020 Brexit
Jonathan Jones quits: Ex-ambassador Darroch ‘not surprised’ as fallout continues
Comments come as government prepares to publish legislation NI secretary Brandon Lewis has said would break international law “in a very specific and limited way"
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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
How the UK Government can unlock the ingenuity of the nation
08 Dec 2020 Operational Delivery
How the UK Government can unlock the ingenuity of the nation
How can the UK learn from the urgency and shared sense of purpose created by a global pandemic, to unlock the nation’s ingenuity? PA Consulting investigates
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