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
DCMS perm sec Dame Sue Owen on commemorating World War One and changing secretary of state twice in 2018
21 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
DCMS perm sec Dame Sue Owen on commemorating World War One and changing secretary of state twice in 2018

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
National statistician John Pullinger on celebrating 50 years of the Government Statistical Service in 2018
21 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
National statistician John Pullinger on celebrating 50 years of the Government Statistical Service in 2018

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Government property DG Mike Parsons reflects on a milestone year in the government’s ambitious estate reforms
21 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Government property DG Mike Parsons reflects on a milestone year in the government’s ambitious estate reforms

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Departments spending millions on Brexit consultants
20 Dec 2018 Brexit
Departments spending millions on Brexit consultants

Transparency data puts latest Cabinet Office and DExEU tally at £10m-plus and rising
BEIS perm sec Alex Chisholm reflects on a year implementing the industrial strategy and honouring the memory of Jeremy Heywood
20 Dec 2018 Leadership
BEIS perm sec Alex Chisholm reflects on a year implementing the industrial strategy and honouring the memory of Jeremy Heywood

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
GDS chief Kevin Cunnington on building the digital, data and technology function across government and honouring Emmeline Pankhurst
20 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
GDS chief Kevin Cunnington on building the digital, data and technology function across government and honouring Emmeline Pankhurst

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Government commercial chief Gareth Rhys Williams reflects on the collapse of Carillion and boosting contract management in departments
20 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Government commercial chief Gareth Rhys Williams reflects on the collapse of Carillion and boosting contract management in departments

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Home Office to set out post-Brexit immigration plans
19 Dec 2018 Brexit
Home Office to set out post-Brexit immigration plans

Home secretary Sajid Javid says plan for £30,000 earnings thresholds in post-Brexit migration system will be discussed further
Home Office, Defra and HMRC top latest Brexit funding allocations
19 Dec 2018 Brexit
Home Office, Defra and HMRC top latest Brexit funding allocations

Latest tranche of departmental cash takes total government spending on Brexit preparations to over £4bn.
Waste and resources strategy aims for more sustainable government procurement
19 Dec 2018 Commercial
Waste and resources strategy aims for more sustainable government procurement

Strategy aims to standardise household recycling and introduce weeky food waste collections
Rowena Collins Rice, Attorney General’s Office DG, previews a year of problem solving ahead
19 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Rowena Collins Rice, Attorney General’s Office DG, previews a year of problem solving ahead

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Alex Aiken, executive director of government communications, on 2018’s GREAT birthday and John Buchan’s 39 steps to turn on Christmas lights
19 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Alex Aiken, executive director of government communications, on 2018’s GREAT birthday and John Buchan’s 39 steps to turn on Christmas lights

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies on a year of reaction, implementing the NHS plan and tackling childhood obesity
19 Dec 2018 Leadership
Chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies on a year of reaction, implementing the NHS plan and tackling childhood obesity

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
How are public sector organisations preparing for Brexit? Sponsored
18 Dec 2018
How are public sector organisations preparing for Brexit?

Duncan Spokes, Strategic Markets Manager at YPO, discusses how they and their supplier Reed Professional Services are utilising the YPO Consultancy+ Framework to help government departments and public sector organisations prepare for Brexit
Departments ‘to end all non-urgent work’ as government ramps up no-deal Brexit planning
18 Dec 2018 Brexit
Departments ‘to end all non-urgent work’ as government ramps up no-deal Brexit planning

Treasury allocations from £2bn no-deal fund for 2019-20 set to be agreed with departments
Home Office must tackle 'degrading conditions' in asylum housing, MPs say
18 Dec 2018 Commercial
Home Office must tackle 'degrading conditions' in asylum housing, MPs say

The Home Affairs Committee urged the government to pay greater attention to its "duty of care" as it prepares to hand out £4bn worth of new contracts.
Can ‘data driven’ be learned, or is it ‘in the DNA’? Sponsored
18 Dec 2018
Can ‘data driven’ be learned, or is it ‘in the DNA’?

SAS outlines the three steps to becoming truly data driven
Leslie Evans, Scottish Government permanent secretary, reflects on Scotland’s Year of Young People and the challenges of 2019
18 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Leslie Evans, Scottish Government permanent secretary, reflects on Scotland’s Year of Young People and the challenges of 2019

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Welsh Government perm sec Dame Shan Morgan on future-proofing the civil service and getting a Tour de France champion to turn on the Christmas lights
18 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Welsh Government perm sec Dame Shan Morgan on future-proofing the civil service and getting a Tour de France champion to turn on the Christmas lights

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
NICS chief David Sterling on using renewable heat inquiry as a force for change, and why Captain Pugwash’s Tom the cabin boy is the patron saint of civil servants
18 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
NICS chief David Sterling on using renewable heat inquiry as a force for change, and why Captain Pugwash’s Tom the cabin boy is the patron saint of civil servants

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Sir Mark Sedwill reflects on becoming cabinet secretary, dealing with Brexit and the Brilliant Civil Service in action
17 Dec 2018 Brexit
Sir Mark Sedwill reflects on becoming cabinet secretary, dealing with Brexit and the Brilliant Civil Service in action

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights. Cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill kicks off our Whitehall roundup
Government warned of Brexit’s 'serious detrimental effect' on other policy areas
17 Dec 2018 Brexit
Government warned of Brexit’s 'serious detrimental effect' on other policy areas

Planning for EU exit means a host of policy areas are being ignored, according to MPs
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — December 17
17 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — December 17

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Manzoni: civil service ‘can’t hire people fast enough' in no-deal Brexit preparations
17 Dec 2018 Brexit
Manzoni: civil service ‘can’t hire people fast enough' in no-deal Brexit preparations

John Manzoni and Sir Mark Sedwill share "inconvenient" warnings about "disorderly" no-deal Brexit.