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
Hillier to chair Treasury committee
11 Sep 2024 Finance
Hillier to chair Treasury committee
Former PAC chair is among eight new select committee chairs who have been elected this week
Local government minister orders review of Oflog
11 Sep 2024 Local & Devolved
Local government minister orders review of Oflog
Review of the "long-term role and short-term remit" of the Office for Local Government will be completed this year
Council leader who worked on Test and Trace named DHSC second perm sec
11 Sep 2024 Health & Social Care
Council leader who worked on Test and Trace named DHSC second perm sec
Tom Riordan, who began his career in the civil service, will start in the role later this month
Civil service headcount rises for eighth year running
11 Sep 2024 Civil Service Reform
Civil service headcount rises for eighth year running
Full-time equivalent headcount has risen by 24,000 in the last year
Helen MacNamara questions civil service's ability to learn lessons from public inquiries
10 Sep 2024 Local & Devolved
Helen MacNamara questions civil service's ability to learn lessons from public inquiries
Former deputy cabinet secretary says problem-fixing needs to be incentivised – as David Cameron takes flak for Grenfell comments
Sunak ignored police chiefs' warning to act on prisons crisis before election
10 Sep 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Sunak ignored police chiefs' warning to act on prisons crisis before election
Police bosses warned Sunak that “simply waiting for a new government to be formed after the election" to tackle the crisis would be "an unacceptable delay in mitigation”
Spads join civil service union and raise pay concerns
10 Sep 2024 HR
Spads join civil service union and raise pay concerns
Special advisers in new Labour government reportedly unhappy with pay levels
Interim director of GOV.UK named
09 Sep 2024 Digital, Data & Technology
Interim director of GOV.UK named
Ash Smith has previously worked on Brexit negotiations strategy in DExEU and in the Home Office's Office for Security and Counter Terrorism
Grenfell Inquiry: Pickles hits out at 'middle-ranking officials' with no 'sense of public duty'
09 Sep 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Grenfell Inquiry: Pickles hits out at 'middle-ranking officials' with no 'sense of public duty'
Ex-communities secretary says DCLG civil servants told him not to worry about coroner's recommendations on fire safety
National Crime Agency 'on its knees', anti-corruption charity warns
09 Sep 2024 Security & Defence
National Crime Agency 'on its knees', anti-corruption charity warns
Agency suffering from "major brain drain", with morale "close to rock bottom" amid "potential catastrophic" pay issues
Ministers scrap plan to accommodate asylum seekers at former RAF base
06 Sep 2024 Security & Defence
Ministers scrap plan to accommodate asylum seekers at former RAF base
Home Office review finds plan "no longer represents value for money"
(What's the Story) Watchdog probes Oasis ticket sales
06 Sep 2024 Culture
(What's the Story) Watchdog probes Oasis ticket sales
Competition and Markets Authority asks fans for experiences of Ticketmaster's "dynamic pricing" for reunion shows
Home Office agency staff costs three times higher than before Covid
06 Sep 2024 HR
Home Office agency staff costs three times higher than before Covid
The department has spent more than £500m on temporary staff in the last two years
Grenfell Inquiry: Fire safety functions should be combined in one department
05 Sep 2024 Civil Service Reform
Grenfell Inquiry: Fire safety functions should be combined in one department
Final report also recommends establishment of single body responsible for all aspects of regulation related to fire safety in the construction industry
Scotland's first minister sets out pared-back programme for government
05 Sep 2024 Finance
Scotland's first minister sets out pared-back programme for government
John Swinney criticises Westminster for failing to increase devolved budget in line with inflation
Blackpool civil service office building gets go-ahead
05 Sep 2024 Property & Estates
Blackpool civil service office building gets go-ahead
More than 400 officials are expected to work in the six-storey building in the Talbot Gateway development
'No decision made' on GB Energy headquarters
04 Sep 2024 Energy & Environment
'No decision made' on GB Energy headquarters
DESNZ denies reports Aberdeen has been selected as the home of Great British Energy
Think tank calls for creation of 'Government Data and AI Service'
04 Sep 2024 Civil Service Reform
Think tank calls for creation of 'Government Data and AI Service'
Artificial intelligence push should be backed with £1bn "transformation fund" in Autumn Budget, Reform says
Grenfell Inquiry: Housing department was 'poorly run, complacent and defensive'
04 Sep 2024
Grenfell Inquiry: Housing department was 'poorly run, complacent and defensive'
Inquiry says government had many opportunities to identify fire safety risks, "but failed to act on what it knew”
FCDO contractors vote to strike over ‘insulting’ pay offer
04 Sep 2024 HR
FCDO contractors vote to strike over ‘insulting’ pay offer
The Foreign Office is being urged to bring outsourced workers back in-house
Cab sec criticises Conservatives' handling of budget pressures
03 Sep 2024 Finance
Cab sec criticises Conservatives' handling of budget pressures
Simon Case says last government's failure to update 2021 Spending Review has contributed to financial uncertainty
Immigration watchdog urges Home Office to address continued delays to inspection reports
03 Sep 2024 HR
Immigration watchdog urges Home Office to address continued delays to inspection reports
Interim ICIBI David Bolt also warns of challenges to forward planning as recruitment of his successor remains uncertain
Head of Mission Delivery Unit appointed
03 Sep 2024 Civil Service Reform
Head of Mission Delivery Unit appointed
Cabinet secretary announces pick for new second perm sec role focused on implementing mission-led government approach across civil service
Transgender civil servants report rise in bullying, harassment and discrimination
03 Sep 2024 HR
Transgender civil servants report rise in bullying, harassment and discrimination
One in five transgender officials said they were discriminated against at work in 2023, new People Survey data shows