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Opinion: There is evidence of workplace bias in the civil service – we need some way of addressing that
16 Dec 2020 HR

Opinion: There is evidence of workplace bias in the civil service – we need some way of addressing that

If the government is determined to eliminate discrimination in the workplace, then it’s time we saw the evidence, says Prospect’s Garry Graham
by Garry Graham
Dave Penman: There’s huge demand from civil servants for greater flexible working. Departments should help make it happen
12 Jan HR
Dave Penman: There’s huge demand from civil servants for greater flexible working. Departments should help make it happen
Less ‘just in time’, more ‘just in case’: How government can be a better customer when the next crisis hits
16 Dec 2020 Commercial
Less ‘just in time’, more ‘just in case’: How government can be a better customer when the next crisis hits
Opinion: Civil service relocations should not be driven by “levelling up”
30 Nov 2020 Civil Service Reform
Opinion: Civil service relocations should not be driven by “levelling up”
‘I will ensure the IPA has an even greater impact’ – new government project chief Nick Smallwood’s priorities
02 Oct 2019 Government Tax Profession
‘I will ensure the IPA has an even greater impact’ – new government project chief Nick Smallwood’s priorities

Infrastructure and Projects Authority chief executive Nick Smallwood reflects on his first few months since joining government in August and his aims for the agency in 2020


Martin Wheatley: salvaging the stopgap spending review
02 Oct 2019 Brexit
Martin Wheatley: salvaging the stopgap spending review

The government’s one year Spending Round has brought very little security to departments. But it does recognise that government much be more strategic


Event report: the impact of intersectionality in the civil service
30 Sep 2019 HR
Event report: the impact of intersectionality in the civil service

Alanna Reid, a policy adviser at the Cabinet Office’s public appointments policy team, reports on an intersectionality event held by the Cabinet Office LGBT+ Network and Gender Equality Group as part of national inclusion week


One step forward, two steps back? The rise and fall of government’s Next Steps agencies
23 Sep 2019 Civil Service Reform
One step forward, two steps back? The rise and fall of government’s Next Steps agencies

The Next Steps programme represented a generation of reform from Thatcher to New Labour, driven by a desire to deliver services via executive agencies. Carole and Colin Talbot explore its chequered history


Forget blunders – here’s what we can learn from great policy successes
18 Sep 2019
Forget blunders – here’s what we can learn from great policy successes

Mallory Compton and Paul ’t Hart argue that knowing what went wrong in the past doesn’t always help governments get things right in the future


Book review: Where power lies behind the black door of No.10
13 Sep 2019 Government Tax Profession
Book review: Where power lies behind the black door of No.10

Despite its relatively compact proportions, No. 10 Downing Street packs a hefty historical punch. Sue Cameron peruses the pages of researcher-in-residence Jack Brown’s new book


Opinion: How civil service advice should adapt to the UK’s fraught politics
11 Sep 2019 Brexit
Opinion: How civil service advice should adapt to the UK’s fraught politics

The weeks ahead will likely be dominated by politics, not policy. Private offices should play a key role in helping officials understand what is driving ministers’ decisions, says Tim Durrant


David Penman: Dominic Cummings might be box office, but the prime minister runs the country
30 Aug 2019 Brexit
David Penman: Dominic Cummings might be box office, but the prime minister runs the country

Dominic Cummings is sending signals out across government about how he plans to operate. But even the most high-profile special advisers have no real power – they only speak with the authority of their political bosses.


Leigh Lewis: My real worries for a no-deal Brexit are the unknown unknowns
20 Aug 2019 Brexit
Leigh Lewis: My real worries for a no-deal Brexit are the unknown unknowns

The leak of the Cabinet Office’s Operation Yellowhammer contingency planning shows how much government is working on mitigating the risks it can predict from a no-deal Brexit. But the government cannot prepare for things it doesn’t know will happen


Garry Graham: Warm words from ministers don’t cure the pay chills
19 Aug 2019 Brexit
Garry Graham: Warm words from ministers don’t cure the pay chills

Damascene conversions on civil service brilliance should be backed with proper recognition and reward, says Prospect deputy general secretary


Summer reading suggestions for successful policymakers
14 Aug 2019
Summer reading suggestions for successful policymakers

Martin Stanley highlights some publications that could help get ideas flowing


Opinion: Is public policy trapped in think tanks?
13 Aug 2019 Government Tax Profession
Opinion: Is public policy trapped in think tanks?

Policy think tanks have become important in the development of policy in a relatively short space of time. Colin Talbot and Carole Talbot ask if this a good thing


Why science may soon play a much bigger role in public policy
09 Aug 2019 Civil Service Reform
Why science may soon play a much bigger role in public policy

Former civil servant Steve O'Neil takes a fresh look at the appliance of science at the heart of government


John Manzoni: how to help government use data analytics to fight fraud
05 Aug 2019 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
John Manzoni: how to help government use data analytics to fight fraud

John Manzoni highlights the progress being made on the use of data as an asset to counter fraud, and invites civil servants and all interested sectors to share and contribute to a government thought paper on how to do more


Opinion: Think Britain beats the world on digital services? Think again. China rules the digital waves
26 Jul 2019
Opinion: Think Britain beats the world on digital services? Think again. China rules the digital waves

In China, a bold approach to working with the private sector is having a huge impact which has put it at the forefront of digital government, says Joshua Chambers


What ministers want: advice for civil servants about to meet the new boss
18 Jul 2019 Government Tax Profession
What ministers want: advice for civil servants about to meet the new boss

The only certainty in the Conservative leadership race is that some civil servants will get a new boss, says the Institute for Government’s Tim Durrant


Coming together after Brexit: Why devolved public bodies must find ways to work across borders
12 Jul 2019
Coming together after Brexit: Why devolved public bodies must find ways to work across borders

To successfully handle new post-Brexit powers, public bodies across the UK will need to build on ways they already work together – and manage divergence – across the nations


Leigh Lewis: The Darroch affair should have been a storm in an embassy teacup
10 Jul 2019 Foreign Affairs
Leigh Lewis: The Darroch affair should have been a storm in an embassy teacup

 Trump's petulant and quasi-hysterical reaction has served only to prove the Darroch hypothesis


Dave Penman: We’ve always defended civil service impartiality. Now it’s time to get on the front foot
10 Jul 2019 Government Tax Profession
Dave Penman: We’ve always defended civil service impartiality. Now it’s time to get on the front foot

Taking a stand for civil service impartiality is more important now than at any time in the past 100 years


Andrew Greenway: Can you do complicated tasks while being sniped at by ingrates? Government has Brexit jobs for you
01 Jul 2019 Brexit
Andrew Greenway: Can you do complicated tasks while being sniped at by ingrates? Government has Brexit jobs for you

Following news of Olly Robbins' likely departure, Brexiteers must stop treating civil servants like parents turning up at your first Glastonbury and act with level-headedness


Contract management: Gareth Rhys Williams reports on six months of training Whitehall’s goalkeepers
27 Jun 2019 Commercial
Contract management: Gareth Rhys Williams reports on six months of training Whitehall’s goalkeepers

Government chief commercial officer Gareth Rhys Williams has set out ambitious plans to improve contract management across government. He tells CSW what has been achieved in the first six months of a new accreditation scheme


Select committees: what MPs want from sessions with civil servants
26 Jun 2019 Government Tax Profession
Select committees: what MPs want from sessions with civil servants

Select committees have a key duty to hold those who hold power to account. Former MP Huw Edwards looks at how they have changed in the 40 years since they were created, and what parliamentarians are looking for when they are taking evidence.


Joe Owen: The hardest part of Brexit is still to come
11 Jun 2019 Brexit
Joe Owen: The hardest part of Brexit is still to come

The scale, constraints and pressure of Brexit have very few comparators – and the clock is ticking. Is it any wonder that the complexity of trying to deliver it is keeping civil servants up at night?


Dave Penman: Government should reveal the details of a no-deal Brexit
04 Jun 2019 Brexit
Dave Penman: Government should reveal the details of a no-deal Brexit

In these unprecedented circumstances, we should ditch the convention of confidentiality around civil servants’ advice to ministers – for the good of us all, says the FDA general secretary


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