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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
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
The sweet spot: How to get the right balance between strong accountability and not over-burdening small government bodies
25 Jun HR
The sweet spot: How to get the right balance between strong accountability and not over-burdening small government bodies
Good luck, Bob Kerslake – others have tried to rein in the Treasury and failed
05 Jan 2016 Civil Service Reform
Good luck, Bob Kerslake – others have tried to rein in the Treasury and failed

Labour’s new commission – led by the former head of the civil service – can learn a host of lessons from previous bids to wrest power from the chancellor, says our columnist Sue Cameron


“Whitehall will face fundamental change in the way it operates” – the Institute for Government’s Peter Riddell on the future of the civil service
04 Jan 2016 Civil Service Reform
“Whitehall will face fundamental change in the way it operates” – the Institute for Government’s Peter Riddell on the future of the civil service

Police and the FCO may have got off more lightly than feared at November’s Spending Review, but many other departments face a substantial real-terms squeeze over the next four years


Should the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills become the Department for Growth?
21 Dec 2015 Commercial
Should the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills become the Department for Growth?

Former BIS special adviser Josie Cluer looks at the case for separating some of the Treasury’s functions and giving them to a single department, charged with coordinating policy across government to drive growth


What's it like being the government's chief veterinary officer?
18 Dec 2015 Energy & Environment
What's it like being the government's chief veterinary officer?

This year marks the 150th anniversary of state veterinary service. For the UK’s chief veterinary officer Nigel Gibbens, it’s the perfect opportunity to reflect on the achievements of his profession, and consider what lies ahead in the ever-changing role of a government vet


Dave Penman: More generous terms than the private sector? The Treasury needs to stop cherry-picking examples
14 Dec 2015 Economics
Dave Penman: More generous terms than the private sector? The Treasury needs to stop cherry-picking examples

Ministers keep talking about hammering down public sector terms to private sector levels, while dreaming up new exemptions in order to compete


Obituary: Chris Martin remembered by cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood
07 Dec 2015 Culture
Obituary: Chris Martin remembered by cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood

Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood pays tribute to the prime minister’s late principal private secretary Chris Martin, a remarkable official who embodied the enduring values of the civil service he loved


Adrian Brown: The Spending Review cuts call for transformation, not just more trimming
02 Dec 2015 Civil Service Reform
Adrian Brown: The Spending Review cuts call for transformation, not just more trimming

The Spending Review has left departments with little option but to transform their operations, says the Centre for Public Impact's Adrian Brown – the question now is how that happens


Sir David Normington: Got a question for the Civil Service Commission?
01 Dec 2015 Government Tax Profession
Sir David Normington: Got a question for the Civil Service Commission?

As first civil service commissioner, it’s Sir David Normington’s job to ensure civil servants are appointed on merit — but the commission also tries to ensure that the values of honesty, impartiality, integrity and objectivity are upheld. And, as Normington writes, those values are one of the civil service’s major selling points




Spending Review verdict: reaction from the FDA, PCS, Prospect, the Institute for Government, the RSA and the CBI
25 Nov 2015 Commercial
Spending Review verdict: reaction from the FDA, PCS, Prospect, the Institute for Government, the RSA and the CBI

Reaction to the chancellor's Spending Review from Peter Riddell, Matthew Taylor, Dave Penman, Mark Serwotka, Garry Graham and Carolyn Fairbairn


Government Property Unit chief Bruce Mann on how the civil service is celebrating smarter working
24 Nov 2015 Civil Service Reform
Government Property Unit chief Bruce Mann on how the civil service is celebrating smarter working

How smart is your team? Bruce Mann, executive director of the Government Property Unit, on the importance of smart working and how the civil service is celebrating and supporting teams who want to adopt it


Peter Unwin: Whitehall has come a long way on diversity – but there is a dearth of minority ethnic or disabled leaders
24 Nov 2015 Civil Service Reform
Peter Unwin: Whitehall has come a long way on diversity – but there is a dearth of minority ethnic or disabled leaders

The chief executive of the Whitehall & Industry Group discusses key lessons from his time as disability champion at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs


Dave Penman: The row over Kids Company shows the value of good advice from senior civil servants
24 Nov 2015 Commercial
Dave Penman: The row over Kids Company shows the value of good advice from senior civil servants

We rightly expect a lot from our perm secs – and the controversy over public funding for the Kids Company charity shows how important their advice can be


Garry Graham: As the Spending Review looms, civil service pay policy looks increasingly unsustainable
23 Nov 2015 Civil Service Reform
Garry Graham: As the Spending Review looms, civil service pay policy looks increasingly unsustainable

No employer in the private sector would see a five year pay freeze – followed by a 1% cap – as the route to success, argues the deputy general secretary of the Prospect union


Jane Dudman: Evidence-based budgeting? George Osborne's approach to the Spending Review leaves much to be desired
20 Nov 2015 Economics
Jane Dudman: Evidence-based budgeting? George Osborne's approach to the Spending Review leaves much to be desired

Opinion: A private business of comparable size would give as much data as possible to its leaders, to enable them to assess competing priorities


Stian Westlake: Is it time to break up the Treasury?
19 Nov 2015 Civil Service Reform
Stian Westlake: Is it time to break up the Treasury?

As the Spending Review looms, Stian Westlake of Nesta argues that reducing the influence of the Treasury could replace the essay-crisis drama of Budgets and Autumn Statements with a more thoughtful budgetary process


Peter Riddell: The nuanced partnership between ministers and officials doesn’t get enough press
16 Nov 2015 Government Tax Profession
Peter Riddell: The nuanced partnership between ministers and officials doesn’t get enough press

A look back at Margaret Thatcher's time in office shows the real story of balance and partnership between ministers and civil servants


Sir Jeremy Heywood: tonight's Civil Service Awards are a rare chance to blow our own trumpets
12 Nov 2015 Civil Service Reform
Sir Jeremy Heywood: tonight's Civil Service Awards are a rare chance to blow our own trumpets

Ahead of tonight's Civil Service Awards ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the Cabinet secretary hails the "passion, imagination and ingenuity" of officials across government


Zahir Irani: The digital revolution has a dark side – and civil service leaders need to ensure their staff aren't left isolated
11 Nov 2015 Digital, Data & Technology
Zahir Irani: The digital revolution has a dark side – and civil service leaders need to ensure their staff aren't left isolated

As departments go digital, civil service leaders will have to grapple with the physical disconnection that more flexible ways of working can bring


Dame Julie Mellor: Home Office complaints 'staggering', but all departments can do more
10 Nov 2015 Foreign Affairs
Dame Julie Mellor: Home Office complaints "staggering", but all departments can do more

Ombudsman’s report has harsh words for Home Office and lessons for all government departments about how to use complaints to improve services


Matthew Taylor: The critical fault line damaging departmental effectiveness? The relationship between politicians and senior officials
04 Nov 2015 Commercial
Matthew Taylor: The critical fault line damaging departmental effectiveness? The relationship between politicians and senior officials

The Kids Company fiasco is just another example of political aspirations trumping objective analysis. Officials must be more willing to challenge ministerial folly, argues the chief executive of the RSA


Dan Corry: Kids Company shows the danger to Whitehall of focusing on outputs over outcomes
03 Nov 2015 Commercial
Dan Corry: Kids Company shows the danger to Whitehall of focusing on outputs over outcomes

Senior officials Richard Heaton and Chris Wormald faced a tough time at PAC on Monday over the government's funding of Kids Company. Dan Corry – former head of the Number 10 Policy Unit and now chief executive of New Philanthropy Capital – argues that the charity's good intentions made it easier to avoid questions about effectiveness and decent management


Departments need to deal with their data gaps if government is serious about tackling inequality
30 Oct 2015 Culture
Departments need to deal with their data gaps if government is serious about tackling inequality

The Equality and Human Rights Commission today launches ‘Is Britain Fairer?’, a comprehensive assessment of Britain’s progress on equality and human rights in the last five years. But, as the EHRC's Verena Brähler writes, a lack of data is preventing public sector bodies from getting the full picture – and could be leaving some groups invisible


What do civil servants really think about the policy profession?
29 Oct 2015 Government Tax Profession
What do civil servants really think about the policy profession?

While working for the Reform think tank, Richard Harries was asked to carry out a review of the civil service policy profession, speaking to officials, ministers and secretaries of state. He found some were less than impressed with the state of play...


YouTube if you want to: How HMRC used video to teach young people about tax
22 Oct 2015 Civil Service Reform
YouTube if you want to: How HMRC used video to teach young people about tax

Tax may not be high in the YouTube search history of your average teenager, but HMRC's "Tax Facts" campaign has been described as "cheerful and creative". Maureen Pamplin​, the tax authority's head of sustainability, shares her tips on how departments can engage the public – without dumbing down


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