Home Office perm sec sets out plans to tackle compliance ‘weaknesses’
08 May Commercial

Home Office perm sec sets out plans to tackle compliance ‘weaknesses’

Antonia Romeo tells MPs multi-million-pound asylum-accommodation failings exposed need for “incentivised culture-change”
by Jim Dunton
MoJ offers up to £160,000 for group chief technology officer
08 May HR
MoJ offers up to £160,000 for group chief technology officer
Scottish civil servants told not to discuss policy with ChatGPT
08 May Digital, Data & Technology
Scottish civil servants told not to discuss policy with ChatGPT
New HMPPS bullying complaints unit to end 'toxic culture', prisons minister says
07 May HR
New HMPPS bullying complaints unit to end 'toxic culture', prisons minister says
Government facing legal challenge as DCMS admits use of automatically deleting messages
15 Jun 2021 Legal
Government facing legal challenge as DCMS admits use of automatically deleting messages
Campaign groups Foxglove and The Citizens to launch court case in two weeks if practice is not stopped
PM delays lockdown easing as Covid cases rise
15 Jun 2021 Coronavirus
PM delays lockdown easing as Covid cases rise
"Unlocking" unlikely to go ahead until 19 July at the earliest, rather than 21 June
'No justification' for vaccine passports, MPs say
15 Jun 2021 Coronavirus
'No justification' for vaccine passports, MPs say
A vaccine-status certification scheme would be discriminatory, PACAC said
Gove sets out plan ‘to rebalance government away from Whitehall’
15 Jun 2021 Civil Service Reform
Gove sets out plan ‘to rebalance government away from Whitehall’
Cabinet Office minister says 50% of senior roles will be based outside capital by 2030 and pledges pay and performance-management changes
Hancock hails new Vaccine Taskforce head
15 Jun 2021 Coronavirus
Hancock hails new Vaccine Taskforce head
Former NHS London chair Richard Sykes appointed to replace Kate Bingham
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 14
14 Jun 2021 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 14
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Damehoods for Elizabeth Gardiner and Kate Bingham: all the civil servants in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours
14 Jun 2021 HR
Damehoods for Elizabeth Gardiner and Kate Bingham: all the civil servants in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours
Universal Credit head Neil Couling and ex-deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara also recognised
Union questions ministers’ commitment to closing gender pay gap
14 Jun 2021 HR
Union questions ministers’ commitment to closing gender pay gap
PCS says department-by-department pay deals have fuelled gender-based segregation
Ministers cannot scapegoat Jeremy Heywood for Greensill, his widow warns
11 Jun 2021 Commercial
Ministers cannot scapegoat Jeremy Heywood for Greensill, his widow warns
Francis Maude wrong to say he appointed Lex Greensill to avoid "a fight" with ex-cab sec, Suzanne Heywood says
Hancock denies lying to prime minister
11 Jun 2021 Coronavirus
Hancock denies lying to prime minister
Health secretary refutes Dominic Cummings' claims he misled Boris Johnson during the pandemic
Treasury blasted for botched public sector pensions reform
11 Jun 2021 Finance
Treasury blasted for botched public sector pensions reform
MPs say £17bn cost of McCloud judgment could be “just a ripple” compared to looming “tsunami”
Tech expert named head of Northern Ireland Civil Service
11 Jun 2021 HR
Tech expert named head of Northern Ireland Civil Service
Jayne Brady joins Executive Office from Belfast City Council
Ex-chief commercial officer's Greensill role created 'no conflicts', Manzoni says
10 Jun 2021 Commercial
Ex-chief commercial officer's Greensill role created 'no conflicts', Manzoni says
Ex-chief exec says he approved the secondment, while Bill Crothers denies "double hatting"
Ministers 'bungled use of emergency powers' during pandemic
10 Jun 2021 Coronavirus
Ministers 'bungled use of emergency powers' during pandemic
Committee accuses government of confusing the public with claims of legal requirements that did not exist
Home Office names new second perm sec
10 Jun 2021 HR
Home Office names new second perm sec
Tricia Hayes will succeed Shona Dunn as No.2 at Marsham Street
Immigration watchdog launches hiring drive as ex-inspector says understaffing a 'nightmare'
09 Jun 2021 HR
Immigration watchdog launches hiring drive as ex-inspector says understaffing a 'nightmare'
Up to 14 jobs on offer as chief inspector begins new programme of work
Holiday at home and don’t travel abroad ‘unless absolutely necessary’, says cabinet minister
09 Jun 2021 Coronavirus
Holiday at home and don’t travel abroad ‘unless absolutely necessary’, says cabinet minister
‘I have no intention of travelling or going on a holiday abroad this summer’, says George Eustice
New procurement rules ‘to boost social value’
09 Jun 2021 Commercial
New procurement rules ‘to boost social value’
The government’s chief commercial officer shares more details about the impetus behind the creation of a national procurement policy
Dido Harding eyes NHS chief executive job
08 Jun 2021 Health & Social Care
Dido Harding eyes NHS chief executive job
Controversial Conservative peer who ran Test and Trace says she’s thinking about applying to become Sir Simon Stevens' successor
Mining exec named next chair of research funding body
08 Jun 2021 HR
Mining exec named next chair of research funding body
Sir Andrew Mackenzie will provide "strong, commercially-minded leadership" to UK Research and Innovation, Kwarteng says
Union intensifies strike action at DVLA
08 Jun 2021 HR
Union intensifies strike action at DVLA
PCS says 800,000 documents are still to be processed as backlog grows by tens of thousands a day
DHSC seeks adviser to develop 'reputation and influence' of new health agency
07 Jun 2021 Health & Social Care
DHSC seeks adviser to develop 'reputation and influence' of new health agency
Applicants for £117,000-a-year job must be able to work under "pressure, scrutiny and ambiguity"
Ministers impose 1% pay offer on Northern Ireland Civil Service
07 Jun 2021 HR
Ministers impose 1% pay offer on Northern Ireland Civil Service
Trade union says members will be 'frustrated and angry' about offer that will see pay rise by 1% in 2021-22
Confidential civil service documents ‘set for new life as toilet paper’
07 Jun 2021 Energy & Environment
Confidential civil service documents ‘set for new life as toilet paper’
Belfast social enterprise wins contract to recycle thousands of bags of restricted papers every month