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Restricting civil servants damages good government
10 Jul Civil Service Reform

Restricting civil servants damages good government

The new guidance establishes strict restrictions that would have been unthinkable to Harold Wilson's reformers
by Kevin Keith
The Alternative People Survey: civil servants see the flaws, are fed up with the system, and want real change
09 Jul Civil Service Reform
The Alternative People Survey: civil servants see the flaws, are fed up with the system, and want real change
Labour hasn't delivered on its online safety promises – moving the remit out of DSIT could fix this
08 Jul
Labour hasn't delivered on its online safety promises – moving the remit out of DSIT could fix this
Public leaders rely on muscle memory in a crisis – how do we train that muscle?
07 Jul Coronavirus
Public leaders rely on muscle memory in a crisis – how do we train that muscle?
Professor Zahir Irani: Important tips for managing those “difficult” personalities in your team
27 Jan 2016 Government Tax Profession
Professor Zahir Irani: Important tips for managing those “difficult” personalities in your team

When an awkward clash erupts in your team, try to remember there is no such thing as “common sense” – only different perspectives


Blockchain could herald major improvements to public services – but we must not overhype the benefits
26 Jan 2016 Civil Service Reform
Blockchain could herald major improvements to public services – but we must not overhype the benefits

As the government's chief scientist says Blockchain technology could "revolutionise services", Jeni Tennison of the Open Data Institute examines some of the benefits to the public sector in taking a leaf out of Bitcoin's book


Corporate cannibalism and stealing good ideas: how the civil service can eat itself fitter
22 Jan 2016 Civil Service Reform
Corporate cannibalism and stealing good ideas: how the civil service can eat itself fitter

Most officials will be aware of cases where “perverse incentives” hamper better service delivery. Joshua Chambers takes a global view of how corporate cannibalism and bare-faced theft can be a recipe for success


Jane Dudman: If John Manzoni and Jeremy Heywood had watched more reality TV, they would understand that bringing in alpha leaders isn't always the answer
19 Jan 2016 HR
Jane Dudman: If John Manzoni and Jeremy Heywood had watched more reality TV, they would understand that bringing in alpha leaders isn't always the answer

The recent NAO report and Civil Service People Survey both suggest Whitehall could learn some important lessons about leadership and teamwork from the behaviour displayed on reality television


Adrian Brown: As world leaders gather in Davos, they should seize the chance to turn ideas into impact
19 Jan 2016 Digital, Data & Technology
Adrian Brown: As world leaders gather in Davos, they should seize the chance to turn ideas into impact

With the path from Whitehall to Davos well-worn, Adrian Brown suggests how delegates at this week's event might turn pledges into reality 


Peter Riddell: As the Treasury's top official Nick Macpherson prepares to leave the civil service, what's next for Whitehall's most powerful department?
18 Jan 2016 Digital, Data & Technology
Peter Riddell: As the Treasury's top official Nick Macpherson prepares to leave the civil service, what's next for Whitehall's most powerful department?

Sir Nicholas Macpherson – the longest serving Treasury perm sec for sixty years – can be credited with overseeing the rebuilding of the finance ministry. But his successor faces a formidable in-tray


Dave Penman: The work of senior civil servants is impressive, valuable and at times unenviable – those awarded New Year’s Honours richly deserve their gongs
14 Jan 2016 Government Tax Profession
Dave Penman: The work of senior civil servants is impressive, valuable and at times unenviable – those awarded New Year’s Honours richly deserve their gongs

It’s right that the current crop of successful, committed public servants have been recognised by the honours system. But with senior officials’ pay and reward packages decreasing while the political risk associated with their roles shoots up, will the government be able to attract equally talented successors? 


Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor: We need your help to draw up public service promises
11 Jan 2016 Government Tax Profession
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor: We need your help to draw up public service promises

The public services watchdog seeks help from civil servants in drawing up a new service charter


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


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