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
Chisholm pledges to curb use of consultants with plan to bolster in-house skills
03 Nov 2020 Civil Service Reform
Chisholm pledges to curb use of consultants with plan to bolster in-house skills
Lord Agnew "makes a really good point" about the need to increase specialist skills in the civil service and rely less on consultants, COO says
Move 50,000 civil servants to northern 'clusters' to break London 'stranglehold' on policymaking, think tank says
03 Nov 2020 Civil Service Reform
Move 50,000 civil servants to northern 'clusters' to break London 'stranglehold' on policymaking, think tank says
Manchester, Warrington and Liverpool among most promising locations for hubs of similar public organisations, says report on levelling-up agenda
MPs call on Sunak to reveal economic impact assessment of Covid-19 measures
03 Nov 2020 Analysis
MPs call on Sunak to reveal economic impact assessment of Covid-19 measures
Treasury Select Committee seeks data briefed to SAGE as Labour demands end to last-minute policy scrambles
NHS ‘improves accuracy’ of contact-tracing app as downloads near 20 million
03 Nov 2020 Coronavirus
NHS ‘improves accuracy’ of contact-tracing app as downloads near 20 million
Update will end ‘ghost notifications’, government claims
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — November 2
02 Nov 2020 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — November 2
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
England’s second lockdown could go beyond 2 December, says Michael Gove
02 Nov 2020 Coronavirus
England’s second lockdown could go beyond 2 December, says Michael Gove
Explaining move into a second national lockdown, the Cabinet Office minister says ‘the situation has been worse than any of us expected’
BEIS defends vaccine task force chair who named targets for government investment at $200-a-head event
02 Nov 2020 Coronavirus
BEIS defends vaccine task force chair who named targets for government investment at $200-a-head event
Department says officials signed off on Kate Bingham's presentation, which contained names of companies developing Covid-19 vaccines
Sunak urged to find cash to make pandemic-driven innovations permanent
02 Nov 2020 Coronavirus
Sunak urged to find cash to make pandemic-driven innovations permanent
Spending Review should also stump up funding to deal with “huge” service backlogs, report says
DWP hits recruitment target for 4,500 extra work coaches
02 Nov 2020 Coronavirus
DWP hits recruitment target for 4,500 extra work coaches
Milestone will turn around department’s shrinking headcount as new hiring drive is set to launch
Vetting improvements will help civil servants switch jobs quicker, security chief says
30 Oct 2020 Security & Defence
Vetting improvements will help civil servants switch jobs quicker, security chief says
Dominic Fortescue says three year programme will ‘completely reimagine’ vetting for security-restricted roles
Truss vows 'Britain shaped' trade deals must boost levelling-up agenda
30 Oct 2020 Brexit
Truss vows 'Britain shaped' trade deals must boost levelling-up agenda
International trade secretary sets out vision for free trade as a “lean, green, value-creating machine”
Unions set for Cabinet Office talks on looming £95k cap on exit payments
29 Oct 2020 HR
Unions set for Cabinet Office talks on looming £95k cap on exit payments
Ministers told secondary legislation must not be implemented before “proper consultation”
GLD offers £180,000 for government's next top lawyer
29 Oct 2020 HR
GLD offers £180,000 for government's next top lawyer
Recruitment firm to get up to £45,000 to assist in search for Treasury solicitor to succeed Sir Jonathan Jones
Cabinet Office publishes employee and supplier personal info in data breach
29 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Cabinet Office publishes employee and supplier personal info in data breach
Improperly redacted contract included names and mobile phone numbers – which remained publicly available four days after department had been notified of breach
Jonathan Slater: I learned PM wanted me to leave DfE via the press Exclusive
29 Oct 2020 Education
Jonathan Slater: I learned PM wanted me to leave DfE via the press
Education secretary told ex-perm sec his job wasn't under threat days before he was asked to leave, he tells CSW in exclusive interview
Government analysis function launches first-ever awards
28 Oct 2020 Analysis
Government analysis function launches first-ever awards
Civil servants are invited to put themselves forward for five categories, including impact and communication
DIT 'failing to demonstrate measurable progress' four years after inception
28 Oct 2020 Finance
DIT 'failing to demonstrate measurable progress' four years after inception
MPs also criticise lack of "strategic alignment" with UK Export Finance
Government facing calls to tighten Covid restrictions as deaths hit their highest level since May
28 Oct 2020 Coronavirus
Government facing calls to tighten Covid restrictions as deaths hit their highest level since May
Latest figures from government scientific advisers are ‘utterly bleak’, according to reports
Work begins on Peterborough hub as part of plans to move officials out of London
27 Oct 2020 Civil Service Reform
Work begins on Peterborough hub as part of plans to move officials out of London
Development forms part of government drive 'to spread jobs, growth and prosperity' across the country, Cabinet Office minister says
Government remains focused on levelling up despite Covid, insists minister
27 Oct 2020 Economy
Government remains focused on levelling up despite Covid, insists minister
Northern Conservative MPs write to PM urging the cost of Covid not to be paid for by downgrading the levelling-up agenda
HMRC 'could have done more' to prevent furlough fraud, NAO says
26 Oct 2020 Economics
HMRC 'could have done more' to prevent furlough fraud, NAO says
Watchdog also urges tax agency to ensure fewer people miss out on support under future schemes
Government has ‘misread the mood of the country’ on free school meals says ex-PACAC chair
26 Oct 2020 Education
Government has ‘misread the mood of the country’ on free school meals says ex-PACAC chair
Bernard Jenkin says PM’s refusal to extend scheme had become ‘a touchstone of how little faith a lot of people now have in the government's conduct’
HM Land Registry offers £120k for digital chief to lead transformation
26 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
HM Land Registry offers £120k for digital chief to lead transformation
Tech leader will oversee digitisation of platforms and infrastructure upgrades
Chisholm ‘open’ to the idea of creating a centralised civil service HR function
26 Oct 2020 Civil Service Reform
Chisholm ‘open’ to the idea of creating a centralised civil service HR function
Cabinet Office perm sec tells MPs he would be very willing to look into the case for a comms-style reorganisation of departmental personnel teams