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 ‘struggling to keep pace’ with reducing violence against women and girls
16 May Justice & Home Affairs
Departments ‘struggling to keep pace’ with reducing violence against women and girls
DWP reverses ban on ChatGPT and other generative AI tools
16 May Digital, Data & Technology
DWP reverses ban on ChatGPT and other generative AI tools
CMA told to prioritise economic growth in priority 'reset'
16 May Economy
CMA told to prioritise economic growth in priority 'reset'
FSA chief Emily Miles to return to Defra
24 Jul 2024 Energy & Environment
FSA chief Emily Miles to return to Defra
Food Standards Agency chief exec will become Defra’s DG for food, biosecurity and trade
McFadden announces resilience review following Covid Inquiry report
24 Jul 2024 Coronavirus
McFadden announces resilience review following Covid Inquiry report
Cabinet Office minister says he will chair a cabinet committee on resilience to oversee the review
HS2 needs multi-year settlements in future spending reviews – NAO
23 Jul 2024 Transport
HS2 needs multi-year settlements in future spending reviews – NAO
Watchdog says DfT and HS2 Ltd need to be clear on the benefits they want the programme to achieve following the axing of phase two, and how to achieve them
York civil service hub gets green light
23 Jul 2024 Property & Estates
York civil service hub gets green light
Planning permission granted for 1 Cinder Street office at York Central development where 2,600 civil servants will work
DWP: Return to pre-Covid fraud levels is 'unlikely'
23 Jul 2024 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
DWP: Return to pre-Covid fraud levels is 'unlikely'
Annual report suggests Universal Credit overpayments will remain high for the next four years
PCS calls off DESNZ strikes after contractor makes 'improved' pay offer
23 Jul 2024 Energy & Environment
PCS calls off DESNZ strikes after contractor makes 'improved' pay offer
Union reiterates plea for the government to bring outsourced contracts back in-house.
Recruitment begins for Covid corruption tsar
23 Jul 2024 Coronavirus
Recruitment begins for Covid corruption tsar
Commissioner will work with HMRC, NCA and SFO to recover billions lost to Covid fraud
Reeves hints at above-inflation pay rise for public servants
22 Jul 2024 HR
Reeves hints at above-inflation pay rise for public servants
"There is a cost to not settling," chancellor says
Former Co-op chief to lead new DfE body Skills England
22 Jul 2024 Education
Former Co-op chief to lead new DfE body Skills England
Richard Pennycook, lead NED at the Department for Education, will work to set up Skills England in shadow form
Justice secretary seeks removal of agency chief over Malkinson case failures
22 Jul 2024 HR
Justice secretary seeks removal of agency chief over Malkinson case failures
Report finds Criminal Cases Review Commission “completely failed” Andrew Malkinson, who was wrongly jailed for 17 years
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – July 22
22 Jul 2024 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – July 22
Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs this week and in the last few months, via Dods People
Covid Inquiry: 'Groupthink' and 'churn' fuelled UK government's poor pandemic response
19 Jul 2024 Coronavirus
Covid Inquiry: 'Groupthink' and 'churn' fuelled UK government's poor pandemic response
Leaders of organisations responsible for emergency preparedness and resilience "primarily at fault", report says
Pickles urges three immediate reforms to post-government jobs regulation
19 Jul 2024 HR
Pickles urges three immediate reforms to post-government jobs regulation
Acoba chair says watchdog must be able to "meaningfully sanction" those who breach business appointment rules
Post Office scandal: McFadden calls for new body to probe 'rogue' ALBs
19 Jul 2024 Digital, Data & Technology
Post Office scandal: McFadden calls for new body to probe 'rogue' ALBs
Cabinet Office minister says business department was "dependent" on company telling the truth
New powers and function transfers: Four reforms you may have missed in the King’s Speech
19 Jul 2024 Security & Defence
New powers and function transfers: Four reforms you may have missed in the King’s Speech
ICO to get more powers as IfATE set to lose some functions – and other reforms in the King's Speech
Planning decision on York civil service hub imminent
19 Jul 2024 Property & Estates
Planning decision on York civil service hub imminent
Planning meeting for new offices where 2,600 civil servants are expected to work will take place next week
Covid Inquiry calls for 'fundamental reform' to civil emergency planning
18 Jul 2024 Civil Service Reform
Covid Inquiry calls for 'fundamental reform' to civil emergency planning
Inquiry's module 1 report calls for "radical simplification" of processes and structures and a new statutory body
Home Office small boats chief quits
18 Jul 2024 HR
Home Office small boats chief quits
Director general Stuart Skeates will oversee transition to Border Security Command before stepping down
Climate advisers urge ministers to undo Sunak ‘damage’
18 Jul 2024 Energy & Environment
Climate advisers urge ministers to undo Sunak ‘damage’
Climate Change Committee also says climate adaptation “must become fundamental aspect of policymaking across all departments”
Former perm sec calls on cabinet secretary to apologise for scandals Exclusive
18 Jul 2024 HR
Former perm sec calls on cabinet secretary to apologise for scandals
Lord Michael Bichard says civil service head should take responsibility for Windrush, Grenfell, Post Office, infected blood and Hillsborough scandals
Truss demands further answers on King’s Speech document
18 Jul 2024 Politics & Constitution
Truss demands further answers on King’s Speech document
Simon Case ordered removal of sentences describing Truss's mini-budget as "disastrous" following complaint from the former PM
Starmer sets up child poverty unit in the Cabinet Office
18 Jul 2024 Civil Service Reform
Starmer sets up child poverty unit in the Cabinet Office
PM also appoints education and work and pensions secretaries to lead a child poverty ministerial taskforce
King's Speech: Government will introduce duty of candour for public servants
17 Jul 2024 Civil Service Reform
King's Speech: Government will introduce duty of candour for public servants
Plan confirmed in King's Speech as one of several "steps to help rebuild trust and foster respect"
Defence review 'must come with a workforce plan', union warns
17 Jul 2024 Security & Defence
Defence review 'must come with a workforce plan', union warns
Prospect tells ministers Sunak government's recruitment freeze is hampering MoD's operations