'We are redoubling our efforts': Angela MacDonald on the Civil Service Pension Scheme recovery
26 Jun HR

'We are redoubling our efforts': Angela MacDonald on the Civil Service Pension Scheme recovery

Six months on from the disastrous transfer of the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita, Angela MacDonald, who was parachuted in to turn the crisis around, tells the inside story
by Tevye Markson
'Not just a policy department': Emran Mian on how the integration of Government Digital Service has transformed DSIT culture
25 Jun Digital, Data & Technology
'Not just a policy department': Emran Mian on how the integration of Government Digital Service has transformed DSIT culture
Read the summer 2026 issue of Civil Service World
23 Jun Civil Service Reform
Read the summer 2026 issue of Civil Service World
Ten years on from the vote to leave the EU, how has Brexit shaped the civil service?
23 Jun Civil Service Reform
Ten years on from the vote to leave the EU, how has Brexit shaped the civil service?
Meet the ministers: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
24 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
24 Sep 2024 Digital, Data & Technology
Meet the ministers: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Northern Ireland Office
24 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: Northern Ireland Office
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Ministry of Justice
24 Sep 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Meet the ministers: Ministry of Justice
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: HM Treasury
24 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: HM Treasury
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Cabinet Office
24 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: Cabinet Office
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: No.10
24 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: No.10
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Ministry of Defence
23 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: Ministry of Defence
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Home Office
23 Sep 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Meet the ministers: Home Office
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
23 Sep 2024 Foreign Affairs
Meet the ministers: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Department of Health and Social Care
23 Sep 2024 Health & Social Care
Meet the ministers: Department of Health and Social Care
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Department for Work and Pensions
23 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: Department for Work and Pensions
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Department for Transport
23 Sep 2024 Transport
Meet the ministers: Department for Transport
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Crown Commercial Service’s new CEO Sam Ulyatt sets out her vision and priorities Partner Content
23 Sep 2024 Leadership
Crown Commercial Service’s new CEO Sam Ulyatt sets out her vision and priorities
Two months into her new role as CEO, Sam Ulyatt sits down with Susan Allott to talk all things procurement
'Regulators need to be thick-skinned': Former senior civil servant Marcial Boo is on a mission to professionalise the regulatory sector
20 Sep 2024
'Regulators need to be thick-skinned': Former senior civil servant Marcial Boo is on a mission to professionalise the regulatory sector
Suzannah Brecknell meets the chair of the Institute of Regulation – and former boss of a couple of high profile regulators – Marcial Boo
Meet the ministers: Department for Education
19 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: Department for Education
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Putting government geographers on the map: Meet profession head David Wood
19 Sep 2024 HR
Putting government geographers on the map: Meet profession head David Wood
David Wood, the head of one of government’s youngest professions, talks about the geography profession’s journey so far, and the importance of place and space
Read the autumn 2024 issue of Civil Service World
18 Sep 2024 Energy & Environment
Read the autumn 2024 issue of Civil Service World
We look at government's green power goals and introduce you to the new ministers in each department
Meet Maeve Walsh: The 'civil servant in the wild' who fought for the Online Safety Act
17 Sep 2024 Digital, Data & Technology
Meet Maeve Walsh: The 'civil servant in the wild' who fought for the Online Safety Act
Maeve Walsh talks to Jess Bowie about keeping disparate interests onside through her years-long journey helping steer the Online Safety Bill through parliament
Probation Service is 'in meltdown', according to staff
13 Sep 2024 HR
Probation Service is 'in meltdown', according to staff
Chief inspector of probation says reports show system is "under huge strain"
Civil service headcount rises for eighth year running
11 Sep 2024 Civil Service Reform
Civil service headcount rises for eighth year running
Full-time equivalent headcount has risen by 24,000 in the last year
AI could transform Whitehall, but only if government takes a radical new approach
04 Sep 2024 Civil Service Reform
AI could transform Whitehall, but only if government takes a radical new approach
Reform research shows too many AI projects get stuck at pilot stage and the civil service doesn't pay enough for the right expertise. Here's what it needs to do differently
Eyes on the prize: How DWP can better tackle benefits fraud and error
03 Sep 2024 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
Eyes on the prize: How DWP can better tackle benefits fraud and error
DWP can do more to understand how fraud and error gets into the benefits system, and what can be done to tackle it
'We now have the tools to take a much harder line' – Companies House director on agency's new role
02 Sep 2024 Corporate Finance
'We now have the tools to take a much harder line' – Companies House director on agency's new role
Director of intelligence and law enforcement engagement, Martin Swain, sets out the agency’s new role in helping to crack down on fraud and economic crime.