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Ministerial reshuffles and the centre of government: What should civil servants expect now?
12 Sep Civil Service Reform

Ministerial reshuffles and the centre of government: What should civil servants expect now?

What’s changed? What does it mean for the centre of government? And how should civil servants and ministers adapt?
by Patrick Diamond and Vijay K. Luthra
If delivery is the government's focus, stability is one of the best ways to deliver it
09 Sep Operational Delivery
If delivery is the government's focus, stability is one of the best ways to deliver it
Home Responsibilities Protection – how a lack of trust and fear of scams can undermine government’s intentions
09 Sep
Home Responsibilities Protection – how a lack of trust and fear of scams can undermine government’s intentions
From missions to milestones: what the Mission Delivery Unit’s move to No.10 tells us about delivery from the centre
08 Sep Civil Service Reform
From missions to milestones: what the Mission Delivery Unit’s move to No.10 tells us about delivery from the centre
Jane Dudman: Has the price of civil service reform been too high?
22 Apr 2015 Government Tax Profession
Jane Dudman: Has the price of civil service reform been too high?

Journalist Jane Dudman assesses the state of Whitehall as it prepares for a new government


On the frontline with a learning support assistant
21 Apr 2015 Education
On the frontline with a learning support assistant

A learning support assistant tells Sarah Aston about the unintended effects Labour’s inclusion policy is having on mainstream schools over a decade after it was introduced. Illustration by John Levers


Dave Penman: Civil service media rule change was surprising and confusing
20 Apr 2015 Communications
Dave Penman: Civil service media rule change was surprising and confusing

Changes to civil service media rules dreamt up in Whitehall look very different to officials on the frontline, argues FDA union general secretary Dave Penman


Anthony Fitzsimmons: Whitehall's neglect of 'people risks' could be wasting public money
10 Apr 2015 Economics
Anthony Fitzsimmons: Whitehall's neglect of 'people risks' could be wasting public money

The civil service’s greatest strength is its people. But are they also its biggest risk?


Peter Riddell: Restructuring government requires proper thought, not a rush job
07 Apr 2015 Civil Service Reform
Peter Riddell: Restructuring government requires proper thought, not a rush job

If the next government wants to shake up Whitehall, it must do it in the right way, for the right reasons, says the Institute for Government's Peter Riddell


Liam Maxwell: Making tech work for Whitehall
02 Apr 2015 Civil Service Reform
Liam Maxwell: Making tech work for Whitehall

There’s a long way to go, but civil servants are finally starting to get the IT they need, says the government’s chief technology officer Liam Maxwell


'The government machine is failing the environment' - Former Decc adviser Duncan Brack calls for a new Office of Environmental Responsibility
31 Mar 2015 Energy & Environment
'The government machine is failing the environment' - Former Decc adviser Duncan Brack calls for a new Office of Environmental Responsibility

If we are serious about creating a sustainable future, we must make Whitehall fit for the challenge, says environmental policy analyst and former government adviser Duncan Brack


Sue Cameron: Whitehall needs a new deal
30 Mar 2015 Government Tax Profession
Sue Cameron: Whitehall needs a new deal

The civil service has taken a battering – but could Sir Humphrey’s time be about to come again?


Frontline thoughts from a former police call centre worker: 'Targets were a huge burden'
25 Mar 2015 Government Tax Profession
Frontline thoughts from a former police call centre worker: 'Targets were a huge burden'

A former police call centre worker tells Freya Pascall about the pressures – exacerbated by central government – that led to their resignation. Illustration by John Levers


Dave Penman: Don’t make HMRC staff the politicians’ punchbag
23 Mar 2015 Economy
Dave Penman: Don’t make HMRC staff the politicians’ punchbag

Amid the furore around HSBC's Swiss operations, FDA general secretary Dave Penman says we should remember that HMRC has had to prioritise in the face of budget cuts


The system of territorial funding in the UK is descending into chaos: Professor David Bell on devolved spending powers
23 Mar 2015 Economy
The system of territorial funding in the UK is descending into chaos: Professor David Bell on devolved spending powers

How fiscal devolution will lead to greater asymmetry across the Celtic nations and confuse the Barnett Formula


Camilla Hagelund: We need fewer MPs, working more effectively
20 Mar 2015 Government Tax Profession
Camilla Hagelund: We need fewer MPs, working more effectively

The quality of legislative scrutiny in the House of Commons is woefully inadequate, argues Reform's Camilla Hagelund


Jane Dudman: For civil servants, purdah will be a welcome chance to get on with some real work
20 Mar 2015 Government Tax Profession
Jane Dudman: For civil servants, purdah will be a welcome chance to get on with some real work

There's an end-of-term feeling in Whitehall, writes Jane Dudman, as the civil service gears up for the election


Malawi's flooding has inflicted trauma, but UK aid is helping to rebuild lives
16 Mar 2015 Foreign Affairs
Malawi's flooding has inflicted trauma, but UK aid is helping to rebuild lives

Philip Smith, deputy head of the UK's aid programme in Malawi, explains how the Department for International Development is helping the country respond to devastating floods


Opinion: Graham Russell, BRDO
10 Mar 2015 Government Tax Profession
Opinion: Graham Russell, BRDO

Policy-makers can learn from those who deliver on the front line, says the Better Regulation Delivery Office's chief executive Graham Russell


The official view: Tim Loughton
06 Mar 2015 Education
The official view: Tim Loughton

CSW asked Conservative MP and former children's minister Tim Loughton to appraise the UK civil service


Opinion: Bringing in the changes
03 Mar 2015 Legal
Opinion: Bringing in the changes

Treasury Solicitor Jonathan Jones reflects on a year in the job, as he aims to make the Government's in-house legal arm 'consistently excellent'


Opinion: Peter Riddell, IfG
27 Feb 2015 Government Tax Profession
Opinion: Peter Riddell, IfG

An increasingly federal UK will require more joined-up thinking if we are to retain a unified Home Civil Service


Build your skills: Zahir Irani
26 Feb 2015 Government Tax Profession
Build your skills: Zahir Irani

To be a good leader, you need the confidence to drop the detail and be comfortable about your own identity


Opinion: Dave Penman, FDA
25 Feb 2015 Government Tax Profession
Opinion: Dave Penman, FDA

All the main parties agree on the need to make savings – but simply rearranging the deckchairs won’t be enough


Opinion: Jane Dudman
19 Feb 2015 Commercial
Opinion: Jane Dudman

As Francis Maude prepares to stand down as an MP, what legacy does he leave behind after five years as Cabinet Office minister?


Book Review: Spads: what are they good for?
13 Feb 2015 HR
Book Review: Spads: what are they good for?

Ben Yong and Robert Hazell's book on special advisers is a 'must read' for ministers,  spads and civil servants, says former cabinet secretary Lord O'Donnell


Opinion: Peter Riddell, IfG
13 Feb 2015 Economics
Opinion: Peter Riddell, IfG

The next government will face difficult choices over cuts – and it won’t find the answers in a traditional spending review


Beyond the comfort zone: Michael Anderson
13 Feb 2015 Culture
Beyond the comfort zone: Michael Anderson

A monthly interview with people who’ve crossed organisational and sectoral boundaries to join a new working world. Michael Anderson moved from the Cabinet Office to the philanthropic organisation the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation 


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