Departments agree 16% admin savings and 5% total efficiencies
11 Jun Civil Service Reform

Departments agree 16% admin savings and 5% total efficiencies

OvFM helps departments find £13.8bn of annual efficiencies in day-to-day spending as part of 5% overall target
by Tevye Markson
‘Radically’ shorter Green Book will support place-based budgeting and transformational change
11 Jun Economics
‘Radically’ shorter Green Book will support place-based budgeting and transformational change
Key Spending Review announcements: NHS cash boost, £39bn for housing and a pledge to end asylum hotels
11 Jun
Key Spending Review announcements: NHS cash boost, £39bn for housing and a pledge to end asylum hotels
Spending Review: DSIT gets £1.2bn boost to fund cross-department digital priorities
11 Jun Civil Service Reform
Spending Review: DSIT gets £1.2bn boost to fund cross-department digital priorities
Civil service headcount hits 19-year high
11 Jun HR
Civil service headcount hits 19-year high
Uplift of 2,000 staff returns FTE numbers to level not seen since 2006
Ministry of Justice picks Jo Farrar as new permanent secretary
11 Jun HR
Ministry of Justice picks Jo Farrar as new permanent secretary
Former second perm sec will return to the MoJ as its top civil servant after two-year spell in NHS body
Civil servants ‘can resign’ if they strongly oppose Gaza policy
10 Jun Foreign Affairs
Civil servants ‘can resign’ if they strongly oppose Gaza policy
FCDO perm sec tells hundreds of officials who raised concerns that “quitting is an honourable course”
Ex-Test and Trace director appointed as Starmer’s expert adviser on health
10 Jun Health & Social Care
Ex-Test and Trace director appointed as Starmer’s expert adviser on health
Axel Heitmueller previously held government roles in No.10, Cabinet Office, DHSC and DWP
All civil servants to get AI training
09 Jun Digital, Data & Technology
All civil servants to get AI training
For the latest One Big Thing project, officials will be trained on AI and tasked with assessing how they can use the tech to streamline their own work
DSIT building 'one-stop tech shop' for public sector procurement
09 Jun Commercial
DSIT building 'one-stop tech shop' for public sector procurement
Government anticipates £1.2bn-a-year savings from platform
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 9 June
09 Jun HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 9 June
Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People
Government 'lacks capability' to address longstanding digital procurement issues
06 Jun Commercial
Government 'lacks capability' to address longstanding digital procurement issues
Public Accounts Committee warns of “an insufficient level of digital commercial skills across departments”
MHRA launches Leeds digital hub
06 Jun Digital, Data & Technology
MHRA launches Leeds digital hub
Agency set to recruit for 30 specialist roles that will be based at Wellington Place
GOV.UK Wallet goes live for departments
06 Jun Digital, Data & Technology
GOV.UK Wallet goes live for departments
Government Digital Service tells organisations they can now start process of getting documents ready for new smartphone platform
HMRC loses £47m in ‘organised crime’ attack on customer accounts
05 Jun Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
HMRC loses £47m in ‘organised crime’ attack on customer accounts
Thousands of people are being told their accounts have been locked down over fraud fears
‘Regrettable losses’ in senior civil service jump to 83%
05 Jun Civil Service Reform
‘Regrettable losses’ in senior civil service jump to 83%
Senior Salaries Review Body warns “excessive churn means too many posts are occupied by individuals still building their expertise and key networks”
Generative AI ‘could help with almost 50% of civil servants’ work’
04 Jun Digital, Data & Technology
Generative AI ‘could help with almost 50% of civil servants’ work’
Research explores potential for technology to assist officials – as DSIT lauds Microsoft trial
DSIT takes on responsibility for government cybersecurity
04 Jun Civil Service Reform
DSIT takes on responsibility for government cybersecurity
Starmer says the move will “strengthen technology resilience and policymaking across the public sector"
Strategic Defence Review targets ‘minimum’ 10% savings from civil service
03 Jun Security & Defence
Strategic Defence Review targets ‘minimum’ 10% savings from civil service
Healey eyes £6bn in “new efficiencies” for reinvestment into defence, as MoD gets new exports role
PACAC to shine spotlight on propriety and ethics in government
03 Jun Civil Service Reform
PACAC to shine spotlight on propriety and ethics in government
Committee will “push the government on its commitments, ensuring changes are properly stress-tested and scrutinised”
'Years of neglect' to blame for Legal Aid Agency data breach, minister says
03 Jun Digital, Data & Technology
'Years of neglect' to blame for Legal Aid Agency data breach, minister says
Cyberattack was enabled by the "fragility of the LAA’s IT systems", Sarah Sackman says
MoJ sets up new probation and reoffending directorate
02 Jun HR
MoJ sets up new probation and reoffending directorate
Up to £100,000 on offer for director to lead work on probation policy and community and reoffending policy
OBR chief in line for another five-year term
02 Jun Economy
OBR chief in line for another five-year term
Chancellor Rachel Reeves backs Richard Hughes to serve as watchdog chair until 2030
Ex-civil servant Peter Unwin returns as Natural England deputy chair
02 Jun Energy & Environment
Ex-civil servant Peter Unwin returns as Natural England deputy chair
Peter Unwin's four-decade civil service career includes a stint as acting perm sec at Defra
Places for Growth: More than 23,000 civil service jobs have been relocated, new data shows
30 May Civil Service Reform
Places for Growth: More than 23,000 civil service jobs have been relocated, new data shows
Cabinet Office figures reveal slower progress on target for 50% of senior civil servant roles to be out of London
Tribunal flags ‘unsatisfactory aspects’ in Home Office ‘disability blind’ recruitment system
30 May HR
Tribunal flags ‘unsatisfactory aspects’ in Home Office ‘disability blind’ recruitment system
Judge questions whether disabled applicants are getting enough support in "rather opaque recruitment process"
NI Civil Service ‘wouldn't be able to handle 80% office attendance’
30 May HR
NI Civil Service ‘wouldn't be able to handle 80% office attendance’
Committee hears estate-rationalisation programme is on track to significantly cut workplace numbers by 2028
MoD seeks deputy cyber security awareness chief to 'drive behavioural change'
29 May Security & Defence
MoD seeks deputy cyber security awareness chief to 'drive behavioural change'
Successful candidate will support the MoD's ambition to have the "best cybersecurity culture across UK government"