DWP's new Blackpool office opens amid reports SR25 funding will depend on job relocations
12 May HR

DWP's new Blackpool office opens amid reports SR25 funding will depend on job relocations

3,000 officials will move to Talbot Gateway site as Cabinet Office ups pressure to move jobs "closer to frontline services"
by Beckie Smith
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
12 May Justice & Home Affairs
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 12 May
12 May HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 12 May
Sir Ian Diamond steps down as UK’s national statistician
09 May HR
Sir Ian Diamond steps down as UK’s national statistician
Unions demand pause to civil service reduction plans
13 Jul 2022 Civil Service Reform
Unions demand pause to civil service reduction plans
Government has "no authority" to continue work on 91,000 job cut proposal, unions say
Data watchdog calls for review into use of WhatsApp and private email in government
13 Jul 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Data watchdog calls for review into use of WhatsApp and private email in government
ICO's investigation into instant messaging by DHSC officials and ministers during pandemic concludes
MPs back government’s choice for next Environment Agency boss
13 Jul 2022 Energy & Environment
MPs back government’s choice for next Environment Agency boss
Decision comes despite “significant gaps” in Alan Lovell’s knowledge of sector issues
Veterans minister drops £1,000-a-week consulting job to return to cabinet
13 Jul 2022 Politics & Constitution
Veterans minister drops £1,000-a-week consulting job to return to cabinet
Johnny Mercer started advising veteran employment company WithYouWithMe in May
UCL boss named civil service chief people officer
12 Jul 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
UCL boss named civil service chief people officer
Fiona Ryland joins alongside former HMRC and NHS staffer Mike Potter, who has been appointed chief digital officer
Standards ‘under considerable pressure’ sleaze watchdog warns
12 Jul 2022 HR
Standards ‘under considerable pressure’ sleaze watchdog warns
Committee on Standards in Public Life says reforms to boost institutional probity are required
'Disappointing': Cabinet Office rejects call for more transparency about secretive FoI unit
12 Jul 2022 Communications
'Disappointing': Cabinet Office rejects call for more transparency about secretive FoI unit
Government says releasing more data on the FoI Clearing House would be a “disproportionate use of resources”
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – July 11
11 Jul 2022 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – July 11
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Zahawi’s 'political' use of Treasury notepaper raises questions
11 Jul 2022 Communications
Zahawi’s 'political' use of Treasury notepaper raises questions
New chancellor called for Boris Johnson’s resignation on HMT headed notepaper
DWP overpaid £8.5bn in benefits last year, annual accounts reveal
11 Jul 2022 Finance
DWP overpaid £8.5bn in benefits last year, annual accounts reveal
National Audit Office dubs figure a “record level” and says it is £380m up on 2020-21
Cabinet 'resignation reshuffle': All the ministerial changes
08 Jul 2022 HR
Cabinet 'resignation reshuffle': All the ministerial changes
New levelling up and education secretaries among more than 20 new appointments
'Get on with the job,' perm secs tell civil servants amid political upheaval Exclusive
08 Jul 2022 HR
'Get on with the job,' perm secs tell civil servants amid political upheaval
"This is NOT like a pre-election period where there are specific rules about what the government can do" says BEIS chief
Don’t oversell benefits of post-Brexit trade deals, DIT warned
08 Jul 2022 Communications
Don’t oversell benefits of post-Brexit trade deals, DIT warned
MPs criticise "failure to maximise gains and minimise losses" in landmark Australia agreement
Civil service unions blast Boris Johnson’s ‘shameful legacy’
08 Jul 2022 HR
Civil service unions blast Boris Johnson’s ‘shameful legacy’
Next PM must rebuild trust, overhaul pay and give staff better protection from misbehaving ministers, leaders say
Johnson accused of ‘complete disregard for basic national security’
08 Jul 2022 Security & Defence
Johnson accused of ‘complete disregard for basic national security’
Criticism follows PM’s admission he met former KGB agent without officials when he was foreign secretary
Boris Johnson thanks ‘peerless’ civil service in resignation speech
07 Jul 2022 HR
Boris Johnson thanks ‘peerless’ civil service in resignation speech
“Sad” PM says he will stay on at Downing Street in caretaker role while Conservative Party picks new leader
Government accused of creating 'atmosphere of hostility for LGBT+ people'
07 Jul 2022 HR
Government accused of creating 'atmosphere of hostility for LGBT+ people'
Ex-equalities minister says he "can no longer defend policies I fundamentally disagree with"
Gus O’Donnell: ‘It’s very difficult to run a government without ministers’
07 Jul 2022 Politics & Constitution
Gus O’Donnell: ‘It’s very difficult to run a government without ministers’
Former cabinet secretary says civil service can manage “for a few weeks” without political leadership
As the PM resigns, which ministers are left in each department?
07 Jul 2022 HR
As the PM resigns, which ministers are left in each department?
Some ministries are down to a handful of ministers, following swathes of resignations
Chancellor tells Johnson to go as new education secretary resigns
07 Jul 2022 Economy
Chancellor tells Johnson to go as new education secretary resigns
UK deserves a government that "acts with integrity", Nadhim Zahawi says less than 48 hours after being appointed
PM refuses to rule out outstanding sexual misconduct allegations against ministers
06 Jul 2022 HR
PM refuses to rule out outstanding sexual misconduct allegations against ministers
Asked if he has been told about allegations similar to those levelled at Chris Pincher, Johnson says: "I’d have to get back to you"
Department by department: all the government resignations so far in turbulent 48 hours
06 Jul 2022 HR
Department by department: all the government resignations so far in turbulent 48 hours
Which departments have lost ministers in the wake of the Pincher scandal?
Cabinet Office rejects call to publish full review into FoI clearing house
06 Jul 2022 Civil Service Reform
Cabinet Office rejects call to publish full review into FoI clearing house
Decision is “perhaps the biggest risk to public confidence in the process”, information commissioner says
Barclay named health secretary and Zahawi becomes chancellor as resignations continue
06 Jul 2022 Economy
Barclay named health secretary and Zahawi becomes chancellor as resignations continue
Barclay's successor as Cabinet Office minister yet to be named