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
Social care plan 'three steps forward and two steps back'
02 Dec 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
Social care plan 'three steps forward and two steps back'
Spending a disappointment given scale of crisis in sector, says former minister Jeremy Hunt
Most government projects not properly evaluated – NAO
02 Dec 2021 Analysis
Most government projects not properly evaluated – NAO
Government “cannot have confidence” billions of pounds of spending “is making a difference”
Ex-cab secs calling for standards reform are hypocrites for taking 'quite nice' private-sector jobs, Rees-Mogg says
01 Dec 2021 HR
Ex-cab secs calling for standards reform are hypocrites for taking 'quite nice' private-sector jobs, Rees-Mogg says
Leader of the House asks: "Why do we think they are the most high-minded and that politicians are not?”
BEIS slammed by MPs for ‘pointlessly rushed’ green homes scheme
01 Dec 2021 Commercial
BEIS slammed by MPs for ‘pointlessly rushed’ green homes scheme
Public Accounts Committee chair says scheme’s flaws "should have been blindingly obvious to the department"
'The most rewarding work I’ve ever done': Kabul evacuation supported by rapid response team
01 Dec 2021 Foreign Affairs
'The most rewarding work I’ve ever done': Kabul evacuation supported by rapid response team
Manager within Surge and Rapid Response Team "shed tears of joy" on hearing that family she helped had returned to the UK
Home Affairs Committee to get new chair after Labour reshuffles top team
30 Nov 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Affairs Committee to get new chair after Labour reshuffles top team
Yvette Cooper named shadow home secretary in overhaul of Keir Starmer's top team
MoJ rapped for transgender prisoners stats leak
30 Nov 2021 Statistics
MoJ rapped for transgender prisoners stats leak
Press report ahead of publication is the "opposite of what the public deserve", watchdog says
Civil service pay rises ‘will retain broad parity with the private sector’, minister says
30 Nov 2021 Finance
Civil service pay rises ‘will retain broad parity with the private sector’, minister says
Paymaster general’s comments come as MPs hear multiple accounts of poverty pay levels among DWP officials
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – November 29
29 Nov 2021 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – November 29
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Networks banned from inviting speakers critical of government
29 Nov 2021 HR
Networks banned from inviting speakers critical of government
Networks also told to conduct checks on speakers “that could be deemed political”.
Ex-chancellor faces no sanctions for contacting Treasury on bank's behalf
29 Nov 2021 HR
Ex-chancellor faces no sanctions for contacting Treasury on bank's behalf
Philip Hammond's approach on behalf of OakNorth Bank “would have been more appropriate” coming from someone else, minister says
Risk management profession set to recruit first chief
29 Nov 2021 Finance
Risk management profession set to recruit first chief
Government finance function head Cat Little says learning and development programme for new profession should be in place by autumn next year
Cabinet Office criticised over 'rushed' watchdog recruitment
26 Nov 2021 HR
Cabinet Office criticised over 'rushed' watchdog recruitment
Thirteen-day application window “hardly a good way to get a strong and diverse field” for next UKSA chair, says former Royal Statistical Society chief exec
Cab sec acknowledges civil service’s science skills shortfall
26 Nov 2021 Civil Service Reform
Cab sec acknowledges civil service’s science skills shortfall
Simon Case pledges to “recruit more Kate Binghams” after former Vaccine Taskforce boss’s criticisms
Ministers need to ‘walk the talk on transparency’, says information commissioner
26 Nov 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
Ministers need to ‘walk the talk on transparency’, says information commissioner
Denham slates Cabinet Office for FOI ‘clearing house’ stance and exemptions for new public bodies
Pay sparks strike threat at Natural England
25 Nov 2021 Energy & Environment
Pay sparks strike threat at Natural England
Action to start on 4 January, union says
NHS Digital and NHSX to be merged into NHS England
25 Nov 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
NHS Digital and NHSX to be merged into NHS England
Move will accelerate transformation and enable consistent messaging, leaders of tech units say
Home Office 'failing to keep on top of asylum cases' as children wait 550 days for decisions
25 Nov 2021 HR
Home Office 'failing to keep on top of asylum cases' as children wait 550 days for decisions
Inspectors find "no evidence of any case type being prioritised"
HMCTS offers up to £130k for next chief exec
25 Nov 2021 HR
HMCTS offers up to £130k for next chief exec
Campaign comes more than a year after Susan Acland-Hood became DfE perm sec
Home Office should lose Windrush compensation scheme role, MPs say
24 Nov 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office should lose Windrush compensation scheme role, MPs say
Badly-managed scheme has "compounded the injustices" of the Windrush scandal, MPs say
MPs express 'real concerns' over social care costing changes
24 Nov 2021 Finance
MPs express 'real concerns' over social care costing changes
Treasury Committee urges government to publish a full impact assessment "as soon as possible"
Departments get ‘how to’ guide on greening government estate
24 Nov 2021 Energy & Environment
Departments get ‘how to’ guide on greening government estate
Cabinet Office playbook sets out how public-sector buildings can contribute to net-zero carbon goal
Bingham fires broadside at civil service ‘foot dragging’
23 Nov 2021 Coronavirus
Bingham fires broadside at civil service ‘foot dragging’
Former Vaccine Taskforce boss bemoans lack of science skills in government and says obstacles to decision-making must be overcome
GOV.UK login system received £100m funding in Spending Review
23 Nov 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
GOV.UK login system received £100m funding in Spending Review
Head of Central Digital and Data Office says that her team worked closely with Treasury colleagues to ensure tech initiatives were supported by funding round