Spending Review 2025: Tight times ahead, but no return to austerity
12 Jun Civil Service Reform

Spending Review 2025: Tight times ahead, but no return to austerity

Unions air job-security fears as IFS warns settlements leave little scope for “significant” hikes in public sector pay
by Jim Dunton
'A truly co-designed, collaborative effort': How the Evaluation Task Force shook up its annual conference
26 Jun
'A truly co-designed, collaborative effort': How the Evaluation Task Force shook up its annual conference
Which tasks do public servants spend too long on? And how can AI help?
10 Jun Digital, Data & Technology
Which tasks do public servants spend too long on? And how can AI help?
Derided as the Frankenstein’s monster of Whitehall: Will Labour really abolish DCMS?
05 Jun Civil Service Reform
Derided as the Frankenstein’s monster of Whitehall: Will Labour really abolish DCMS?
What new data laws mean for central government
06 Nov 2024 Digital, Data & Technology
What new data laws mean for central government
PublicTechnology's Sam Trendall outlines how key measures in the Data Use and Access Bill could impact public sector organisations
The best medicine: How the MHRA is embracing AI as a way to protect and prosper
05 Nov 2024 Digital, Data & Technology
The best medicine: How the MHRA is embracing AI as a way to protect and prosper
After tech helped the MHRA play a starring role in government’s coronavirus response, digital chief Claire Harrison tells Sam Trendall where the watchdog’s story went next
A guide to the counter-fraud profession and function
04 Nov 2024 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
A guide to the counter-fraud profession and function
In this series, CSW provides a guide to professions and functions across the civil service. Each briefing looks at a different group, offering a glimpse at what they do and how they work with other parts of government
'On reflection I feel more optimistic': Tech experts debate impact of moving digital functions to DSIT
01 Nov 2024 Digital, Data & Technology
'On reflection I feel more optimistic': Tech experts debate impact of moving digital functions to DSIT
Government’s core digital units have relocated from their long-standing base in the Cabinet Office to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Sam Trendall talks to sector experts to assess the impact of the move
West Midlands mayor says Whitehall is 'resistant' to devolution
29 Oct 2024 Local & Devolved
West Midlands mayor says Whitehall is 'resistant' to devolution
Richard Parker urges civil servants to “adopt a new approach and demonstrate that they are committed to devolution”
Why is the civil service so far behind in reporting greening government progress?
24 Oct 2024 Energy & Environment
Why is the civil service so far behind in reporting greening government progress?
Mark Rowe looks into departments' progress on the Greening Government
Commitments
'I haven’t always got jobs that I applied for. Looking back, I’m glad.' Lunch with... Dame Sue Owen
22 Oct 2024 Civil Service Reform
'I haven’t always got jobs that I applied for. Looking back, I’m glad.' Lunch with... Dame Sue Owen
The former DCMS perm sec breaks bread with Suzannah Brecknell
‘It's such a fast-evolving area’: Government counter-fraud boss on a decade of leading the charge against economic crime
18 Oct 2024 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
‘It's such a fast-evolving area’: Government counter-fraud boss on a decade of leading the charge against economic crime
Public Sector Fraud Authority chief executive Mark Cheeseman speaks to Tevye Markson about improving cross-government capability, tackling insider fraud and modernising counter-fraud work
Special delivery: How has government’s approach to implementation evolved?
17 Oct 2024 Operational Delivery
Special delivery: How has government’s approach to implementation evolved?
As CSW was launched in 2004, Tony Blair’s Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit was hitting its stride. Jim Dunton looks at how the centre of government’s approach to implementation has evolved
After Starmer's No.10 shakeup, what can Whitehall history tell us about running a successful private office?
14 Oct 2024 HR
After Starmer's No.10 shakeup, what can Whitehall history tell us about running a successful private office?
As a new set of ministers get used to government, their private secretaries will be crucial in helping them find their feet. Historian and former senior official Alun Evans discusses the changing role of private offices
New government, new environmental dawn?
07 Oct 2024 Energy & Environment
New government, new environmental dawn?
What impact will the change of government have on environmental protection? Ruth Chambers of Green Alliance shares her reflections
Thriving in the Workplace: The Government Socio-Economic Diversity Network's unofficial guide
30 Sep 2024 HR
Thriving in the Workplace: The Government Socio-Economic Diversity Network's unofficial guide
Building a great career in the civil service shouldn't depend on your background. In this guide, the Government Government Socio-Economic Diversity Network shines a light on the unwritten rules of navigating the civil service and provides officials with practical, honest and impartial careers advice
Meet the ministers: Your department-by-department guide
24 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: Your department-by-department guide
Your guide to the main departments’ cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
24 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
24 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Department of Business and Trade
24 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: Department of Business and Trade
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
Meet the ministers: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
24 Sep 2024
Meet the ministers: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Your guide to the department's cast of ministerial characters, and what’s in their in-trays
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