Home/Office: Great Britain and Northern Ireland
11 Sep

Home/Office: Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This new series explores how civil services in other countries have approached the hybrid working conundrum. To kick things off, we look at how the UK government’s approach compares to the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales, and the Northern Ireland Civil Service
by Tevye Markson
Five reasons to include Policy Festival in your learning calendar this year
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Five reasons to include Policy Festival in your learning calendar this year
'Step forward anyway': Kiren Kaur on celebrating women's leadership in all its forms
04 Sep HR
'Step forward anyway': Kiren Kaur on celebrating women's leadership in all its forms
Departing Land Registry chief Simon Hayes talks lockdown, hybrid working and fighting the perfect storm of staff shortages and record demand
03 Sep Digital, Data & Technology
Departing Land Registry chief Simon Hayes talks lockdown, hybrid working and fighting the perfect storm of staff shortages and record demand
Too many cooks in the kitchen? Here’s a recipe for cross-government success
12 Jul 2023 Civil Service Reform
Too many cooks in the kitchen? Here’s a recipe for cross-government success
Complex challenges increasingly require officials to work across departmental boundaries, but it's not always easy to deliver on these shared projects. Sian Jones offers advice from the latest National Audit Office guide which aims to help civil servants get better together
Lunch with....Ofcom chief exec and former communities perm sec Melanie Dawes
10 Jul 2023 Communications
Lunch with....Ofcom chief exec and former communities perm sec Melanie Dawes
The chief executive of Ofcom breaks bread with Jess Bowie
Vision thing: What is government getting wrong with infrastructure planning?
10 Jul 2023 Economy
Vision thing: What is government getting wrong with infrastructure planning?
Institution of Civil Engineers flags UK’s “room for improvement” as it seeks civil servants’ first-hand experiences of working on major projects
'It’s a precious thing to doubt your certainty': CSW chews the cud with Food Standards Agency chief executive Emily Miles
06 Jul 2023 Brexit
'It’s a precious thing to doubt your certainty': CSW chews the cud with Food Standards Agency chief executive Emily Miles
Jess Bowie meets FSA chief executive Emily Miles to discuss the safety of what we eat, idealism versus pragmatism, and why a bit of self-doubt is crucial to good leadership
'The nation was fortunate': The civil servants who helped build the NHS
05 Jul 2023 Health & Social Care
'The nation was fortunate': The civil servants who helped build the NHS
On the 75th anniversary of the creation of the NHS, Chris Holme looks back on the officials who made it happen
Directors' Cut with 'hands face space' creator Conrad Bird
04 Jul 2023 Communications
Directors' Cut with 'hands face space' creator Conrad Bird
Directors do some of the most interesting and challenging work in the civil service. Here, Conrad Bird, director of campaigns and marketing, Cabinet Office, explains what it takes to do his job
Directors' Cut with Defra's Janet Hughes
04 Jul 2023 Energy & Environment
Directors' Cut with Defra's Janet Hughes
Directors do some of the most interesting and challenging work in the civil service. Here, Janet Hughes, director of farming reforms at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, explains what it takes to do her job
Directors' Cut: DLUHC's Emma Fraser
03 Jul 2023 HR
Directors' Cut: DLUHC's Emma Fraser
Directors do some of the most interesting and challenging work in the civil service. Here, Emma Fraser, co-director for housing markets and strategy, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, explains what it takes to do her job
Directors' Cut: HMRC's Robert Jones kicks off our series of quick-fire interviews with directors from across government
30 Jun 2023 Government Tax Profession
Directors' Cut: HMRC's Robert Jones kicks off our series of quick-fire interviews with directors from across government
Directors do some of the most interesting and challenging work in the civil service. Here, Robert Jones, intermediaries director, HMRC, explains what it takes to do his job
'It goes without saying we should be government's most innovative department': Sarah Munby on setting up DSIT
28 Jun 2023 Civil Service Reform
'It goes without saying we should be government's most innovative department': Sarah Munby on setting up DSIT
Sarah Munby, perm sec of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, shares her priorities for her new department, her experience of joining government as a director general, and the importance of not fretting
Harnessing experimental projects for digital change Sponsored
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Harnessing experimental projects for digital change
In the ever-evolving technology landscape, experimental projects have emerged as a crucial catalyst for driving digital transformation. CSW reports on a webinar about making experimental projects work within the complex context of government organisations
Read the summer 2023 issue of Civil Service World
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Read the summer 2023 issue of Civil Service World
DSIT perm sec Sarah Munby tells all, while we ask: Can ChatGPT make civil servants' lives easier?
Analysis: Public sector cyber contracts have doubled since Covid
22 Jun 2023 Analysis
Analysis: Public sector cyber contracts have doubled since Covid
Procurement records show 250 deals being signed each year, including engagements to support incident response and promote security-aware culture
Merging HMRC and DWP, the 'sensible' 91,000 job-cuts target and pay: what we learned from Rupert McNeil's evidence to PACAC
21 Jun 2023 HR
Merging HMRC and DWP, the 'sensible' 91,000 job-cuts target and pay: what we learned from Rupert McNeil's evidence to PACAC
Civil service pay is "not an issue" outside London and Partygate would not have happened had No.10 been full of career civil servants – and other opinions the ex-chief people officer shared
From investment zones to the Levelling Up Fund: How government is going for growth
19 Jun 2023 Economics
From investment zones to the Levelling Up Fund: How government is going for growth
The government’s latest plans for building economic prosperity across the country include investment zones and Levelling Up Partnerships, with “trailblazer deals” and additional regeneration cash thrown in for good measure. We help you navigate the details
Can ChatGPT do a civil servant's job? CSW's panel put it to the test
13 Jun 2023 Communications
Can ChatGPT do a civil servant's job? CSW's panel put it to the test
We asked a cross-section of officials to play around with ChatGPT and establish how good it is at some of the everyday tasks they perform in their jobs. See how well it did...
'This is a really big deal': Could ChatGPT change how civil servants work?
13 Jun 2023 Communications
'This is a really big deal': Could ChatGPT change how civil servants work?
From "radical efficiencies" to "hallucinations", we explore the implications for government officials of large language models like ChatGPT
'Here to stay' – the rising prominence of social value in public procurement
09 Jun 2023 Commercial
'Here to stay' – the rising prominence of social value in public procurement
Billed as the holy grail that can save public money as well as improving outcomes, social value has been a formal part of public sector procurement for a decade, but what do new procurement rules mean for its future?
Rage against the machine: behind the scenes of Australia's Robodebt crisis
07 Jun 2023 Digital, Data & Technology
Rage against the machine: behind the scenes of Australia's Robodebt crisis
An Australian royal commission is investigating how Australia’s use of an automated debt-raising tool that issued 500,000 incorrect debt notices – and led to the biggest class-action legal case in the country’s history – was allowed to cause so much damage. Beckie Smith looks at the story so far
Lunch with... former DLUHC digital chief Paul Maltby
06 Jun 2023 Digital, Data & Technology
Lunch with... former DLUHC digital chief Paul Maltby
The ex-government tech maven sits down to discuss digital reform, transparency and what makes a good minister
Revolution by retweet: The growing influence of social media on education policy
05 Jun 2023 Communications
Revolution by retweet: The growing influence of social media on education policy
Richard Willis analyses the impact of changing technology on education policymaking
Bowler-hatted union barons and naked mandarins: Looking back at the first national civil service strikes
02 Jun 2023 Civil Service Reform
Bowler-hatted union barons and naked mandarins: Looking back at the first national civil service strikes
A trip back to the 1970s reveals the parallels – and some big differences – between the first ever civil service strike and current walkouts
'The border must continually evolve': How Border Force is tackling new threats
01 Jun 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
'The border must continually evolve': How Border Force is tackling new threats
Border Force DG Phil Douglas shares some of the service's recent achievements and challenges
'It has felt increasingly hard to get things done': Why civil servants are leaving in droves
25 May 2023 HR
'It has felt increasingly hard to get things done': Why civil servants are leaving in droves
Departmental officials are voting with their feet and seeking new opportunities outside the civil service. Tevye Markson speaks to former staff to find out why they left, their advice for others and whether they would rejoin