Interviews & Features
The Civil Service World Podcast: Can we make the civil service kinder?
On this week's Civil Service World Podcast, Suzannah Brecknell and Jess Bowie are discussing kindness in the civil service
Going local: could tax and benefits administration be improved by decentralisation?
At a time when people are more aware of how they can help their local community, Colin Talbot...
The Civil Service World Podcast: Can social care be reformed?
On this week's episode of The Civil Service World Podcast, Jess and Suzannah speak to social...
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As Mark Rowe explains, delivering on ministerial commitments will be a multi-generation task that requires a cross-government approach
Leading the way on combatting climate change could easily be an all-consuming task for the civil service, in the absence of other priorities. In the first of a two-part feature, Mark Rowe looks at...
On this week's episode of The Civil Service World Podcast, Jess and Suzannah speak to Francis Maude about his time as Minister for the Cabinet Office
The NCSC’s annual report reveals that a public sector entity or business is hit with a major cyberattack about twice each day. CSW's sister title PublicTechnology looks at the biggest risks facing...
The principles of privatisation are faltering, and – as a book by an ex-regulator makes clear – the right balance between intrusive control and free market initiative remains elusive
CSW's new podcast looks at the work of the National Audit Office in accounting for government spending, and the impact of Brexit across departments
To mark the second annual Geographers in Government conference, Jon Pickstone explains how geographers’ skills can help improve policy and outcomes
As she settles in to a new job at her old department, Sarah Healey, permanent secretary at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, tells Suzannah Brecknell what it was like to return...
The Department for International Trade has just helped host an international sporting event more than 6,000 miles away. Richard Johnstone finds out how they did it, and why this could the first of...
CSW's new podcast looks at the dynamics of the most important relationship in government
Martin Swain found a new home at Companies House almost a year ago. He tells Colin Marrs about the organisation’s intersection with the business and public sector worlds
In the latest instalment of our series on civil service leavers, we meet William Newton, policy adviser-turned-president and managing director of tech startup WiredScore. He writes about...