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?
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.
20 years of CSW: World in motion
29 Aug 2024
20 years of CSW: World in motion
As CSW celebrates its 20th anniversary, we look back on our most memorable moments and reflect on how times have changed since we launched
20 years of CSW: What top officials and politicians said then... and what they say now
29 Aug 2024
20 years of CSW: What top officials and politicians said then... and what they say now
We revisit CSW interviews of yesteryear with David Blunkett, Clare Moriarty and other big names
'Ask good questions, build good teams': Top civil servants on leading digital from the front
28 Aug 2024 Digital, Data & Technology
'Ask good questions, build good teams': Top civil servants on leading digital from the front
At PublicTechnology Live, a panel of permanent secretaries and chief executives from key departments explored why tech knowledge has become so crucial for senior leaders
Ethics in policymaking should not just be a tick-box exercise
14 Aug 2024 Policy
Ethics in policymaking should not just be a tick-box exercise
It takes time to embed ethics into policymaking. Danielle Hamm from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics suggests three approaches that could help
Be curious, focus on what you know and stress test: A guide to policy development
12 Aug 2024 Policy
Be curious, focus on what you know and stress test: A guide to policy development
The early stages of the policy-development cycle can be overwhelming. Here's a framework to help
Ex-DfE data chief: new government’s top priority must be overhauling data strategy
09 Aug 2024 Analysis
Ex-DfE data chief: new government’s top priority must be overhauling data strategy
Opening up data access for civil servants – and helping them truly understand the different facets of data – could exponentially increase efficiencies across departments
Rise in civil service's ethnic minority representation as headcount continues to climb
01 Aug 2024 Civil Service Reform
Rise in civil service's ethnic minority representation as headcount continues to climb
Here's what CSW found in the latest Cabinet Office civil service statistics release