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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
Whitehall’s new integrity champion must avoid corporate pap – and involve all civil servants in his mission
19 Mar 2018 Civil Service Reform
Whitehall’s new integrity champion must avoid corporate pap – and involve all civil servants in his mission

Following Jonathan Slater's "call to arms" on civil service integrity, the IfG's Daniel Thornton explains how to improve and what to avoid


Sir Paul Jenkins obituary: Jonathan Jones and Lord O’Donnell share their memories
16 Mar 2018 Government Tax Profession
Sir Paul Jenkins obituary: Jonathan Jones and Lord O’Donnell share their memories

The Treasury solicitor from 2006 to 2014 died on Monday 26 February. His successor at the Government Legal Department and the former cabinet secretary pay tribute to this exemplary civil servant and friend


Statistics are for everyone – as is UKSA’s new code of practice for government statisticians
13 Mar 2018 Culture
Statistics are for everyone – as is UKSA’s new code of practice for government statisticians

The UK Statistics Authority has updated its framework to ensure all public servants behave with integrity when handling data


No walk out in Whitehall: Civil servants have too much integrity to respond to MPs’ attacks
12 Mar 2018 Brexit
No walk out in Whitehall: Civil servants have too much integrity to respond to MPs’ attacks

Officials continue to serve the public interest despite DExEU’s Mr Lover Lover and a dodgy double act in the Commons


International Women’s Day: Antonia Romeo on how DIT is doing things differently to close the civil service gender gap
08 Mar 2018 Brexit
International Women’s Day: Antonia Romeo on how DIT is doing things differently to close the civil service gender gap

The creation of the Department for International Trade as a new department has allowed us to look afresh at how to put inclusion at the heart of our work


UK’s shift to top-down politics and a more subservient civil service risks mistakes over Brexit
28 Feb 2018 Brexit
UK’s shift to top-down politics and a more subservient civil service risks mistakes over Brexit

Jeremy Richardson explains how the British policy-making style has been steadily shifting away from governance and towards government, and why Brexit should usher in a return to the former


Want to learn about select committees? Try Parliament’s new open online course
27 Feb 2018 Education
Want to learn about select committees? Try Parliament’s new open online course

Parliament’s senior learning projects officer Claire Bogue describes the work behind a recently launched Massive Open Online Course on select committees


Opinion: We can no longer afford to fund defence on the cheap
23 Feb 2018 Commercial
Opinion: We can no longer afford to fund defence on the cheap

Every day staff see the pressure on defence caused by pay restraint, delays to procurement orders and purchasing of cheaper foreign equipment to cut costs


Jane Dudman: Time to hear women’s voices in policymaking
22 Feb 2018 Culture
Jane Dudman: Time to hear women’s voices in policymaking

The centenary of women’s suffrage is a good opportunity to start making sure government is held to account to properly measure the impact of decisions on woman


Not just a numbers game: Diversity depends on Whitehall cracking its culture
16 Feb 2018 Culture
Not just a numbers game: Diversity depends on Whitehall cracking its culture

Challenging gender discrimination must be part of a wider drive to build a culture that supports all types of diversity


A Brexit boom for the civil service? Former cabinet secretaries offer reasons for Whitehall to take heart
16 Feb 2018 Brexit
A Brexit boom for the civil service? Former cabinet secretaries offer reasons for Whitehall to take heart

Cabinet secretaries hold the fort in times of crisis and have seen splits over Europe come and go. Here’s why one of them thinks Brexit will be a civil service renaissance


Civil service pay reform could be simple… if politicians were brave enough to fund it
13 Feb 2018 Education
Civil service pay reform could be simple… if politicians were brave enough to fund it

As the pay cap is being lifted for other parts of the public sector, SCS pay reform needs ambition and commitment, not aspirational blather


Organising government for Brexit – through a glass, darkly?
06 Feb 2018 Brexit
Organising government for Brexit – through a glass, darkly?

Brexit is creating a mammoth task for government. The new Brexit|Org|Gov Project is attempting to understand and track what needs to be done across the public sector ahead of leaving the EU


Andrew Greenway: The dismembering of the Government Digital Service is underway
05 Feb 2018 Civil Service Reform
Andrew Greenway: The dismembering of the Government Digital Service is underway

Describing GDS as "well-meaning but increasingly peripheral", departments are starting to take back digital responsibilities. This is a mistake


Sir Leigh Lewis: Rees-Mogg’s contemptible Treasury accusations are unworthy of public debate
05 Feb 2018
Sir Leigh Lewis: Rees-Mogg’s contemptible Treasury accusations are unworthy of public debate

Comments by the prominent Brexiteer accusing Treasury officials of manipulating forecasts on the impact of leaving the EU reveal a man utterly unsuited to high office, says the former Department for Work and Pensions perm sec


Opinion: paving the way for a richly diverse senior civil service
30 Jan 2018
Opinion: paving the way for a richly diverse senior civil service

Tola Ayoola explains how a new scheme is harnessing a civil service tradition to support talent from all parts of the service


Book review: Exceeding My Brief, Memoirs of a Disobedient Civil Servant
26 Jan 2018 Communications
Book review: Exceeding My Brief, Memoirs of a Disobedient Civil Servant

A tale of integrity and talent triumphing in the corridors of power warms Sue Cameron’s heart


Mind the data gaps: how Whitehall can be better informed in 2018
25 Jan 2018 Brexit
Mind the data gaps: how Whitehall can be better informed in 2018

These three resolutions will help civil servants prepare for the challenges and political uncertainty of 2018


Opinion: time to end the Brexit uncertainty for EU national civil servants
23 Jan 2018 Brexit
Opinion: time to end the Brexit uncertainty for EU national civil servants

The lack of clarity on the future working rights for civil servants from EU countries will not be resolved by good intentions, says Prospect’s Sue Ferns. Action is needed now


Valuable to civil servants but a challenge to ministers: have Whitehall non-execs been a success?
19 Jan 2018 Government Tax Profession
Valuable to civil servants but a challenge to ministers: have Whitehall non-execs been a success?

The coalition government beefed up the role of departmental non-executives, and have encouraged talented people into the posts. But many gave found the roles frustrating and there is room to strengthen their contribution


What does good Whitehall leadership look like in 2018?
18 Jan 2018 Civil Service Reform
What does good Whitehall leadership look like in 2018?
Turbulent times require great leaders – but what does that mean for a modern civil service? Kit Collingwood-Richardson reflects on what she’s learned about leadership from the One Team Government movement

Former DWP perm sec Sir Leigh Lewis: Time to put the brakes on the reshuffle rollercoaster
11 Jan 2018 Government Tax Profession
Former DWP perm sec Sir Leigh Lewis: Time to put the brakes on the reshuffle rollercoaster

The former DWP perm sec despairs at the speed of ministerial churn, but argues that there is a way to slow Westminster's revolving doors


Andrew Greenway: What’s in a Whitehall name change?
11 Jan 2018 Civil Service Reform
Andrew Greenway: What’s in a Whitehall name change?

The prime minister’s reshuffle gave a number of policy areas increased prominence in the government landscape. But it is not clear what changing a department’s name will achieve


Meet the minister: a civil servant’s guide to the first day with the new boss
08 Jan 2018 Government Tax Profession
Meet the minister: a civil servant’s guide to the first day with the new boss

A cabinet minister’s first day at their new department can set the tone for years to come. Andrew Greenway recalls those early encounters


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