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
EU brief moves to Cabinet Office amid MOG changes
25 Jul 2024 Civil Service Reform
EU brief moves to Cabinet Office amid MOG changes
Cabinet Office takes on two new responsibilities, while several bodies leave the department
Cabinet Office signs £7m deal for cross-government learning platform
25 Jul 2024 Commercial
Cabinet Office signs £7m deal for cross-government learning platform
Pearson will develop Government Skills Campus digital platform that will help map skills across government
'Challenging internal operating environment' damaging DWP performance, NAO says
25 Jul 2024 HR
'Challenging internal operating environment' damaging DWP performance, NAO says
Department “generally not meeting" performance benchmarks or standards for customer satisfaction, payment timeliness and in-house call response
Post Office scandal: Civil servants misled me over Horizon, ex-minister says
24 Jul 2024 Digital, Data & Technology
Post Office scandal: Civil servants misled me over Horizon, ex-minister says
Lucy Neville-Rolfe says she "lost confidence in the quality of Shareholder Executive's advice"
Home Office to close Bibby Stockholm asylum barge
24 Jul 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office to close Bibby Stockholm asylum barge
Not renewing contract for floating hostel will save at least £20m next year, ministers say
FSA chief Emily Miles to return to Defra
24 Jul 2024 Energy & Environment
FSA chief Emily Miles to return to Defra
Food Standards Agency chief exec will become Defra’s DG for food, biosecurity and trade
McFadden announces resilience review following Covid Inquiry report
24 Jul 2024 Coronavirus
McFadden announces resilience review following Covid Inquiry report
Cabinet Office minister says he will chair a cabinet committee on resilience to oversee the review
HS2 needs multi-year settlements in future spending reviews – NAO
23 Jul 2024 Transport
HS2 needs multi-year settlements in future spending reviews – NAO
Watchdog says DfT and HS2 Ltd need to be clear on the benefits they want the programme to achieve following the axing of phase two, and how to achieve them
York civil service hub gets green light
23 Jul 2024 Property & Estates
York civil service hub gets green light
Planning permission granted for 1 Cinder Street office at York Central development where 2,600 civil servants will work
DWP: Return to pre-Covid fraud levels is 'unlikely'
23 Jul 2024 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
DWP: Return to pre-Covid fraud levels is 'unlikely'
Annual report suggests Universal Credit overpayments will remain high for the next four years
PCS calls off DESNZ strikes after contractor makes 'improved' pay offer
23 Jul 2024 Energy & Environment
PCS calls off DESNZ strikes after contractor makes 'improved' pay offer
Union reiterates plea for the government to bring outsourced contracts back in-house.
Recruitment begins for Covid corruption tsar
23 Jul 2024 Coronavirus
Recruitment begins for Covid corruption tsar
Commissioner will work with HMRC, NCA and SFO to recover billions lost to Covid fraud
Reeves hints at above-inflation pay rise for public servants
22 Jul 2024 HR
Reeves hints at above-inflation pay rise for public servants
"There is a cost to not settling," chancellor says
Former Co-op chief to lead new DfE body Skills England
22 Jul 2024 Education
Former Co-op chief to lead new DfE body Skills England
Richard Pennycook, lead NED at the Department for Education, will work to set up Skills England in shadow form
Justice secretary seeks removal of agency chief over Malkinson case failures
22 Jul 2024 HR
Justice secretary seeks removal of agency chief over Malkinson case failures
Report finds Criminal Cases Review Commission “completely failed” Andrew Malkinson, who was wrongly jailed for 17 years
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – July 22
22 Jul 2024 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – July 22
Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs this week and in the last few months, via Dods People
Covid Inquiry: 'Groupthink' and 'churn' fuelled UK government's poor pandemic response
19 Jul 2024 Coronavirus
Covid Inquiry: 'Groupthink' and 'churn' fuelled UK government's poor pandemic response
Leaders of organisations responsible for emergency preparedness and resilience "primarily at fault", report says
Pickles urges three immediate reforms to post-government jobs regulation
19 Jul 2024 HR
Pickles urges three immediate reforms to post-government jobs regulation
Acoba chair says watchdog must be able to "meaningfully sanction" those who breach business appointment rules
Post Office scandal: McFadden calls for new body to probe 'rogue' ALBs
19 Jul 2024 Digital, Data & Technology
Post Office scandal: McFadden calls for new body to probe 'rogue' ALBs
Cabinet Office minister says business department was "dependent" on company telling the truth
New powers and function transfers: Four reforms you may have missed in the King’s Speech
19 Jul 2024 Security & Defence
New powers and function transfers: Four reforms you may have missed in the King’s Speech
ICO to get more powers as IfATE set to lose some functions – and other reforms in the King's Speech
Planning decision on York civil service hub imminent
19 Jul 2024 Property & Estates
Planning decision on York civil service hub imminent
Planning meeting for new offices where 2,600 civil servants are expected to work will take place next week
Covid Inquiry calls for 'fundamental reform' to civil emergency planning
18 Jul 2024 Civil Service Reform
Covid Inquiry calls for 'fundamental reform' to civil emergency planning
Inquiry's module 1 report calls for "radical simplification" of processes and structures and a new statutory body
Home Office small boats chief quits
18 Jul 2024 HR
Home Office small boats chief quits
Director general Stuart Skeates will oversee transition to Border Security Command before stepping down
Climate advisers urge ministers to undo Sunak ‘damage’
18 Jul 2024 Energy & Environment
Climate advisers urge ministers to undo Sunak ‘damage’
Climate Change Committee also says climate adaptation “must become fundamental aspect of policymaking across all departments”