Ministerial directions and a 'powerful' board: Think tank's 'draft bill' sets out vision for statutory civil service
13 May Civil Service Reform

Ministerial directions and a 'powerful' board: Think tank's 'draft bill' sets out vision for statutory civil service

Cab sec would have responsibility for appointment and performance management of perm secs under IfG proposals
by Tevye Markson
Departments have underestimated threat posed by cyberattacks, MPs warn
13 May Security & Defence
Departments have underestimated threat posed by cyberattacks, MPs warn
Fact checker defends ex-perm sec over pension-reform claims
13 May Communications
Fact checker defends ex-perm sec over pension-reform claims
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
12 May Justice & Home Affairs
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
Civil service unions fight government's strike-breaking legislation
22 Sep 2022 HR
Civil service unions fight government's strike-breaking legislation
FDA and PCS support challenge against "unlawful" regulations "that undermines the fundamental legal right to strike"
Home Office delays job market review over data hiccup
21 Sep 2022 Analysis
Home Office delays job market review over data hiccup
Shortage occupation list review may end up using 2010 stats if issue with ONS dataset is not resolved quickly
Treasury rejects call for OBR forecast alongside mini-budget
21 Sep 2022 Analysis
Treasury rejects call for OBR forecast alongside mini-budget
MPs' request for "vital" assessment rejected, with Treasury citing need to move at "immense speed"
Job cuts and pay on agenda as civil service unions meet new Cabinet Office minister
21 Sep 2022 HR
Job cuts and pay on agenda as civil service unions meet new Cabinet Office minister
Edward Argar requested the meeting with PCS, the FDA and Prospect
Intellectual Property Office offers £100k-plus for next chief exec
21 Sep 2022 HR
Intellectual Property Office offers £100k-plus for next chief exec
The job is based in Newport but "will include significant domestic and international travel"
DWP signs £1.4m deal to tap LinkedIn for recruitment
20 Sep 2022 Commercial
DWP signs £1.4m deal to tap LinkedIn for recruitment
Contract covers a range of licence subscriptions to be used across department
Kwarteng ‘will need to tweak fiscal rules’ for £30bn tax cuts
20 Sep 2022 Economics
Kwarteng ‘will need to tweak fiscal rules’ for £30bn tax cuts
Chancellor also eyes new “low-tax growth zones” and planning reforms in mini-budget
Heywood Foundation looks to channel 'unheard' youth in policy prize's second year
20 Sep 2022 Policy
Heywood Foundation looks to channel 'unheard' youth in policy prize's second year
Last year's winning idea became government policy as well as winning £25,000 prize
Kwarteng to hold mini-budget next Friday
16 Sep 2022 Finance
Kwarteng to hold mini-budget next Friday
Fiscal event will set out new PM’s tax-cut plans and give further details on energy price-cap
Coffey memo riles DHSC and UKHSA staff
16 Sep 2022 Communications
Coffey memo riles DHSC and UKHSA staff
Style-guide tips channel Jacob Rees-Mogg after new health secretary's appointment
Civil servants ‘have much to learn’ from Queen Elizabeth II
16 Sep 2022 HR
Civil servants ‘have much to learn’ from Queen Elizabeth II
Jeremy Heywood’s former PPS looks at what the late monarch can teach departmental officials
Headhunter fees for second fruitless attempt to hire government digital head revealed
15 Sep 2022 Commercial
Headhunter fees for second fruitless attempt to hire government digital head revealed
Department releases information on appeal under FoI rules – 18 months after request was made
Parliament may sit for extra days after Queen's death paused proceedings
15 Sep 2022 Politics & Constitution
Parliament may sit for extra days after Queen's death paused proceedings
Ministers are "looking at changing the recess dates", PM's spokesperson says
Truss ‘must not scrap Outcome Delivery Plans’
15 Sep 2022 Finance
Truss ‘must not scrap Outcome Delivery Plans’
Monitoring system will be crucial for keeping track of departments’ progress over next two years, says Institute for Government
DWP signs £170k deal for Microsoft Teams training
14 Sep 2022 Commercial
DWP signs £170k deal for Microsoft Teams training
Contract with specialist firm covers programmes on ‘managing information’ and ‘running large meetings’
Scholar's dismissal 'sends clear message about civil service impartiality'
14 Sep 2022 HR
Scholar's dismissal 'sends clear message about civil service impartiality'
Truss and Kwarteng have shown they want to be surrounded by 'yes' men and women, David Normington says
IFS chief calls for transparency on energy price-cap analysis
14 Sep 2022 Economy
IFS chief calls for transparency on energy price-cap analysis
Truss and Kwarteng urged to publish assessments supporting “biggest single fiscal event” in decades
Cabinet Office using staff IT and wifi logins to monitor office attendance
13 Sep 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Cabinet Office using staff IT and wifi logins to monitor office attendance
Privacy notice reveals computer surveillance used to check "compliance to office working"
Truss’s energy plans a 'missed opportunity', think tank says
13 Sep 2022 Energy & Environment
Truss’s energy plans a 'missed opportunity', think tank says
Boosting energy efficiency in homes must be part of government’s strategy, IfG says
Case promises MPs more detail on Partygate disciplinary measures
13 Sep 2022 HR
Case promises MPs more detail on Partygate disciplinary measures
Cabinet Office will report on sanctions handed to rule-flouting staff ‘by end of year’
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – September 12
12 Sep 2022 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – September 12
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Union postpones courts strikes following Queen’s death
12 Sep 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Union postpones courts strikes following Queen’s death
Week of industrial action was in protest at HMCTS’s Common Platform IT system
Tom Scholar sacking ‘start of perm sec purge’
12 Sep 2022 HR
Tom Scholar sacking ‘start of perm sec purge’
'Makes no sense': Unions and former permanent secretaries slam decision
Public bodies told to scale back publishing following Queen’s death
09 Sep 2022 Communications
Public bodies told to scale back publishing following Queen’s death
Cabinet Office internal communications guidance says "vast majority” of social media and GOV.UK output should be suspended