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24 Jul HR

Romeo salutes former cab sec Richard Wilson after final Lords speech

Senior civil servant who was Tony Blair’s top official will retire as a peer in September
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Five ways to boost confidence and reduce stress at work
Right here, right now: Susan Dawson on being head of place for Yorkshire and the Humber
24 Jul Education
Right here, right now: Susan Dawson on being head of place for Yorkshire and the Humber
DfE strike ballot fails to hit 50% turnout threshold
24 Jul Education
DfE strike ballot fails to hit 50% turnout threshold
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Breaking up is hard to do: What makes a machinery of government change successful?
22 Jul Civil Service Reform
Breaking up is hard to do: What makes a machinery of government change successful?
MoG changes – what are they good for? We look back on 20 years of what some Whitehall watchers affectionately call “rearranging the deckchairs” to see what’s worked, and what’s been a waste of time and money. Note: This article was originally published on 5 February 2025
What opportunities does AI present for the civil service? And does it live up to the hype?
21 Jul Digital, Data & Technology
What opportunities does AI present for the civil service? And does it live up to the hype?
Is AI in the civil service a truly exciting proposition or a solution looking for a problem? CSW investigates
From SCS to council chief exec: Why are so many making the move?
20 Jul HR
From SCS to council chief exec: Why are so many making the move?
Former civil servants-turned-local authority chief execs tell us what it’s like to make the leap
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Defra DG Emily Miles to become CQC chief
22 Jul Energy & Environment
Defra DG Emily Miles to become CQC chief
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Read the summer 2026 issue of Civil Service World
23 Jun Civil Service Reform
Read the summer 2026 issue of Civil Service World
This issue brings a special focus on digital transformation, including an exclusive interview with DSIT perm sec Emran Mian, along with a Q&A with pensions recovery chief Angela MacDonald, the BVI governor and much more
Ten years on from the vote to leave the EU, how has Brexit shaped the civil service?
23 Jun Civil Service Reform
Ten years on from the vote to leave the EU, how has Brexit shaped the civil service?
Ten years ago to this day, the UK public voted to leave the European Union, heaping an almighty challenge on government’s shoulders. What lasting effect has the move had on the civil service?
Former security chief ‘cannot comprehend’ basis for sacking Robbins
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Ciaran Martin says firing FCDO perm sec does not square with how the vetting process works, and will have chilling effect on civil servants
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13 Jul Health & Social Care
Healing "pilotitis": It's Personal hears about the NHS’s AI success story
In a new episode of It’s Personal, the CSW podcast series with KPMG, Rob Dale, head of AI diagnostics and implementation lead for digital histopathology at NHS England, explained how the NHS moved AI out of the pilot stage and into everyday use across 64 trusts, with one in three chest x-rays in England now supported by it
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06 Jul Planning
Why ground data sharing matters for growth, resilience and better development
The UK spends billions investigating the ground beneath new developments, but much of that knowledge remains locked away. Experts at AtkinsRéalis explain why sharing it could be one of the simplest ways to reduce risk and improve the delivery of public infrastructure
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02 Jul Digital, Data & Technology
Political uncertainty should not distract from what government actually needs - Zero Dependency
As Westminster weathers another period of political turbulence, Katie Carruthers, managing director of Tecknuovo, argues that the departments that fall behind will be those that haven't built the skills and systems needed to deliver independently
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01 Jul Digital, Data & Technology
Government may need to rethink its search area in the hunt for AI savings
Automating citizen-facing interactions delivers fewer improvements than departments expect. Hannah Bolton and James Ainsley, experts in government and public sector service operations at Baringa, explain how the efficiencies behind the Spending Review 2025 targets will likely come from AI applied to back-office work instead of customer-facing chatbots
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