Pensions, pay and voluntary exits: CSW's most-read stories of 2025

From stories with plenty of civil service-wide interest – on core themes such as pay, hybrid working and the Civil Service Pension Scheme – to a surprisingly well-read article on EU Settlement Scheme changes, here are this year's most-read stories on civilserviceworld.com.

In honour of Rob Reiner, the director of This is Spinal Tap, this one goes to eleven.

1. Civil servants to get 3.25% pay rise 

2. Civil Service Statistics: Three-quarters of civil servants now above most junior grades 

3. Home Office sets out changes to EU Settlement Scheme process

4. Zero civil service home-working 'should be the baseline' – Lord Maude

5. Civil Service Pension Scheme: Cabinet Office issues update on technical issues

6. Civil Service Pension Scheme: PCS and Capita reach recognition agreement

7. Voluntary exits: Around 5,000 officials to leave across government

8. Civil Service Pension Scheme transfer: Capita says it has fixed 'teething problems'

9. Minister declares Civil Service Pension Scheme delays ‘sorted’

10. Union warns of ‘grave concerns’ for Civil Service Pension Scheme

11. Civil Service Awards 2025 winners announced

Looking for more long and short reads over the festive period? Check out the winter 2026 edition of the CSW magazine, our 2025 perm secs roundup Q&As, and our new Trailblazing Women hub

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