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
MPs say ‘litany of failures’ leaves citizens facing many years of slow broadband
12 Jan 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
MPs say ‘litany of failures’ leaves citizens facing many years of slow broadband
Public Accounts Committee criticises DCMS and points to need for more funding and legislative changes
Sunak warns ‘badly damaged’ public finances ‘will need repair’
12 Jan 2021 Coronavirus
Sunak warns ‘badly damaged’ public finances ‘will need repair’
Chancellor suggests he will not use March Budget to spend nation out of economic doldrums
97% of civil servants want work from home option in future – survey
12 Jan 2021 Civil Service Reform
97% of civil servants want work from home option in future – survey
Union poll signals "permanent shift in attitudes to working practices"
War on Whitehall 'changed absolutely nothing', former top civil servant says
11 Jan 2021 Civil Service Reform
War on Whitehall 'changed absolutely nothing', former top civil servant says
Changes made in 2020 "shouldn’t be mistaken for a programme of civil service reform", Ciaran Martin writes
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — January 11
11 Jan 2021 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — January 11
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
HMRC records 12% spike in complaints as customer-service issues continue
11 Jan 2021 Communications
HMRC records 12% spike in complaints as customer-service issues continue
November stats show another increase in call-waiting times and new struggles with answering online and postal queries
Government 'not open enough' about science advice for Covid-19 measures, MPs say
08 Jan 2021 Communications
Government 'not open enough' about science advice for Covid-19 measures, MPs say
Transparency around how SAGE works has improved, but lessons have been applied "inconsistently"
Civil service ‘must treat vaccine rollout as a military operation’
08 Jan 2021 Coronavirus
Civil service ‘must treat vaccine rollout as a military operation’
Former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith accuses officials of being culturally programmed to miss targets
Spending watchdog warns of pressures piling up for 'already stretched' MoJ
08 Jan 2021 Coronavirus
Spending watchdog warns of pressures piling up for 'already stretched' MoJ
Snapshot report contrasts shortage of prison places with boosted sentencing projections and delayed court hearings
Treasury head Tom Scholar reappointed after year of perm secs churn
07 Jan 2021 HR
Treasury head Tom Scholar reappointed after year of perm secs churn
Second five-year term comes despite Scholar's appearance on reported No.10 "hit list" of top civil servants to be replaced
Government ‘working towards’ publishing new digital strategy this year
07 Jan 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
Government ‘working towards’ publishing new digital strategy this year
Plan was due to be published in autumn last year
Home Office seeks next counter-terrorism chief
07 Jan 2021 HR
Home Office seeks next counter-terrorism chief
Up to £140,000 on offer to lead Office for Security and Counter Terrorism
Heywood Foundation seeks ideas to transform public services post-Covid
06 Jan 2021 Coronavirus
Heywood Foundation seeks ideas to transform public services post-Covid
Up to £25,000 up for grabs in Heywood Foundation Public Policy Prize
Treasury ‘risks wasting money’ by allowing Covid schemes to cushion Brexit
06 Jan 2021 Brexit
Treasury ‘risks wasting money’ by allowing Covid schemes to cushion Brexit
IfG urges Rishi Sunak to avoid propping up companies that will not survive EU exit with pandemic aid
Nurse and NHS chief to lead DHSC’s multibillion-pound hospital programme
05 Jan 2021 Health & Social Care
Nurse and NHS chief to lead DHSC’s multibillion-pound hospital programme
Natalie Forrest to oversee plans to "build 40 new hospitals by 2030" after leading Nightingale construction
Privately educated more likely to land Fast Stream place, data shows
05 Jan 2021 HR
Privately educated more likely to land Fast Stream place, data shows
Civil service’s flagship graduate programme harder to access for applicants who went to state schools
PM announces new lockdown for England as Covid cases soar
05 Jan 2021 Coronavirus
PM announces new lockdown for England as Covid cases soar
Announcement comes after chief medical officers raise pandemic alert level to 5
Antonia Romeo named MoJ permanent secretary
04 Jan 2021 HR
Antonia Romeo named MoJ permanent secretary
DIT perm sec moves back to department where she spent 'majority of her career'
Hancock refuses to rule out new coronavirus lockdown
04 Jan 2021 Coronavirus
Hancock refuses to rule out new coronavirus lockdown
The health secretary said the existing tier system "isn't strong enough"
National Crime agency head Lynne Owens gets damehood in New Year Honours
04 Jan 2021 HR
National Crime agency head Lynne Owens gets damehood in New Year Honours
HMPPS chief and Scotland's chief scientific adviser also among civil servants recognised this year
2021 will be tougher than 2020 for many, think tank warns
04 Jan 2021 Coronavirus
2021 will be tougher than 2020 for many, think tank warns
Resolution Foundation says Treasury must prepare for economy to be 6% smaller than OBR prediction by Easter
'The damage is done': government's threat of breaking Brexit agreement 'utterly disreputable', Jonathan Jones says
23 Dec 2020 Brexit
'The damage is done': government's threat of breaking Brexit agreement 'utterly disreputable', Jonathan Jones says
Top lawyer who resigned over internal market bill slams government's "completely bonkers and hugely damaging approach"
Diversity and inclusion coaching to be ‘integrated’ into core civil service training
22 Dec 2020 HR
Diversity and inclusion coaching to be ‘integrated’ into core civil service training
Move follows controversial decision to scrap unconscious bias training after Behavioural Insights Team says programmes cannot demonstrate their worth
PM chairs Cobra meeting as Europe isolates UK over new Covid strain
21 Dec 2020 Coronavirus
PM chairs Cobra meeting as Europe isolates UK over new Covid strain
Former chief scientific adviser says government needs to accelerate plans for a new nationwide lockdown