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The Spending Review will leave officials fearing for their future – and possibly even heading for the door
16 Jun Civil Service Reform

The Spending Review will leave officials fearing for their future – and possibly even heading for the door

SR25 leaves civil servants uncertain about whether they will lose their job and what their organisation will look like once efficiencies are made
by Dave Penman
The real test of the industrial strategy? Whole-of-government delivery
02 Jul Economics
The real test of the industrial strategy? Whole-of-government delivery
Vision and trust: Why open government is critical to achieving ministers' missions
30 Jun Civil Service Reform
Vision and trust: Why open government is critical to achieving ministers' missions
Beyond deliverology: How to achieve Starmer’s missions
30 Jun Civil Service Reform
Beyond deliverology: How to achieve Starmer’s missions
Dave Penman: impartiality and integrity are under attack - conspiracy theorists take note
04 Oct 2018 Leadership
Dave Penman: impartiality and integrity are under attack - conspiracy theorists take note

The Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Inquiry shows what can happen when these values are undermined, writes the FDA chief


Empowering staff and improving productivity: HMRC’s smart working lessons for Whitehall
02 Oct 2018 Civil Service Reform
Empowering staff and improving productivity: HMRC’s smart working lessons for Whitehall

HMRC has been at the forefront of the government’s smarter working agenda, and is attempting to change the culture across one of government’s biggest organisations. There are lessons for other departments in the progress so far, says Luke Heselwood


Bronwen Maddox: How effective is parliament?
01 Oct 2018 Government Tax Profession
Bronwen Maddox: How effective is parliament?

Parliament’s important role of policymaking is not well understood by all civil servants. As its work on Brexit increases, it is time to change that


Opinion: Time to create a Department of the Opposition
24 Sep 2018 Government Tax Profession
Opinion: Time to create a Department of the Opposition

The civil service has many skills but finds itself resistant to change. It needs to disseminate itself more widely across society – and a new ministry for the opposition could do it, according to Margaret Thatcher’s former policy advisor Norman Strauss


Dave Penman: Why trade unions have launched a judicial review on civil service pay
20 Sep 2018 Government Tax Profession
Dave Penman: Why trade unions have launched a judicial review on civil service pay

The lack of consultation over civil service pay has meant that trade unions have had to turn to the law to get the government to the table. It shouldn’t be this way, says the head of the FDA


Andrew Greenway: does the civil service reward bluffers?
17 Sep 2018 Education
Andrew Greenway: does the civil service reward bluffers?

The civil service values two types of knowledge, writes former senior civil servant Andrew Greenway, and understanding of policy is trumped by the skill of navigating Whitehall itself


Opinion: Salmond case shows need for independent complaints procedure in Whitehall
07 Sep 2018 HR
Opinion: Salmond case shows need for independent complaints procedure in Whitehall

Allegations against the former Scottish first minister have hit the headlines, but the Scottish Government has an independent process for dealing with sexual harassment complaints. The UK government needs the same, says FDA’s assistant general secretary Amy Leversidge


Book review: Confessions of a political maverick – “a warts-and-all picture of Westminster by one of its foot soldiers”
10 Aug 2018 Culture
Book review: Confessions of a political maverick – “a warts-and-all picture of Westminster by one of its foot soldiers”

Former MP for Grismby Austin Mitchell’s new book is one that future historians will have on their reading lists, writes Sue Cameron


‘We didn’t quite fit’: Why I set up the civil service social mobility network
03 Aug 2018 HR
‘We didn’t quite fit’: Why I set up the civil service social mobility network

Geraldine Clement explains how she harnessed her own humble beginnings to push for the civil service to do more to support staff from disadvantaged backgrounds


What government leaders can learn from England manager Gareth Southgate
02 Aug 2018 Civil Service Reform
What government leaders can learn from England manager Gareth Southgate

England’s World Cup performances brought the nation together. It also provides lessons for implementing change in government, says former Number 10 Delivery Unit chief Sir Michael Barber


Don't waste our superpowers: let's help managers support neurodiverse civil servants
30 Jul 2018 Communications
Don't waste our superpowers: let's help managers support neurodiverse civil servants

Ross Duncan, of HM Passport Office, says the civil service should make the most of people with neurodiverse conditions as it prepares for an era of digital government and automation


Opinion: why secrecy builds unsustainable pressure in government
24 Jul 2018 Communications
Opinion: why secrecy builds unsustainable pressure in government

With no way to relieve the pressure of secrecy, a closed government is "fundamentally unsustainable, and guaranteed to fail", argues Andrew Greenway


Garry Graham: government handling of civil service pay leaves unions with no choice but to take legal action
18 Jul 2018 Government Tax Profession
Garry Graham: government handling of civil service pay leaves unions with no choice but to take legal action

The government has effectively told civil servants it values them less than other public sector workers, says Prospect’s deputy general secretary. This cannot go unchallenged


Book review: Digital Transformation at Scale – the GDS manual
13 Jul 2018 Civil Service Reform
Book review: Digital Transformation at Scale – the GDS manual

Michelle Clement reviews a guide to digital transformation, written by the people who’ve been there and bought the T-shirt


Bronwen Maddox: A successful Spending Review needs to push through the Brexit fog
12 Jul 2018 Brexit
Bronwen Maddox: A successful Spending Review needs to push through the Brexit fog

It might not yet top the government’s priority list, but no one should underestimate the challenges of the next Spending Review


Healthy valleys: Welsh Government health chief on the devolved NHS, committed staff and Bevan’s legacy
11 Jul 2018 Civil Service Reform
Healthy valleys: Welsh Government health chief on the devolved NHS, committed staff and Bevan’s legacy

The land of NHS founder Aneurin Bevan, Wales has seen a lot of changes since the health service was created 70 years ago. The Welsh Government’s top health official Andrew Goodall reflects on the enduring legacy of one of the nation’s favourite sons


Opinion: Long term prognosis – what the NHS will look like at 80
06 Jul 2018 Government Tax Profession
Opinion: Long term prognosis – what the NHS will look like at 80

Wonder what the next ten years hold for the NHS? Better ask the people who really drive change in the health service – the public, says Roy Lilley


Dave Penman: Ministers can no longer hide on pay – they must listen after ‘shambolic’ consultation
04 Jul 2018
Dave Penman: Ministers can no longer hide on pay – they must listen after ‘shambolic’ consultation

FDA general secretary says ministers must step up and champion their civil servants after "contemptible” process led unions to call for Treasury pay guidance to be withdrawn


Relationships matter – and other top tips for civil servants and academics working together
02 Jul 2018 Government Tax Profession
Relationships matter – and other top tips for civil servants and academics working together

Academics love nothing more than conversations with like-minded thinkers trying to solve problems. Here’s how the civil service can use these discussions to improve policy


More tweeting, please: government must up the profile of public appointments to help boost diversity
27 Jun 2018 Government Tax Profession
More tweeting, please: government must up the profile of public appointments to help boost diversity

Ministers have reiterated the government’s support for plans to boost diversity in public appointments. But departments need to do more to make sure a wide variety of groups are aware of public appointments, says Peter Riddell, the Commissioner for Public Appointments


Opinion: Treasury pay guidance puts government on a collision course with civil servants
26 Jun 2018 Finance
Opinion: Treasury pay guidance puts government on a collision course with civil servants

The new pay remit is not acceptable and government departments and agencies need to stand up to the Cabinet Office and the Treasury to get fair and funded increases for staff, says Prospect’s Garry Graham


The NHS needs a full investigation into funding needs – not just a birthday boost
18 Jun 2018 Brexit
The NHS needs a full investigation into funding needs – not just a birthday boost

As Theresa May announces a £20bn investment in the NHS, Bronwen Maddox calls for better planning to avoid the cycles of crisis and emergency funding in health


The civil service used to subsidise artists, now it’s consultants. Are services better for it?
13 Jun 2018 Brexit
The civil service used to subsidise artists, now it’s consultants. Are services better for it?

Automation has squeezed out the creatives that used to harbour in administrative grades – but this tacit subsidy programme has arguably simply shifted to large firms


Ministers would do well to remember what a big deal Brexit is for Ireland
07 Jun 2018 Brexit
Ministers would do well to remember what a big deal Brexit is for Ireland

The UK’s exit from the European Union will affect countries beyond our borders. A conference in Dublin brought home to me the impact on our nearest neighbour


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