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
PM's new ethics adviser completes last Geidt report
06 Apr 2023 HR
PM's new ethics adviser completes last Geidt report
Laurie Magnus says evidence about minister’s “Islamophobia” allegations is inconclusive
DLUHC faces new cladding concerns nearly six years after Grenfell
06 Apr 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
DLUHC faces new cladding concerns nearly six years after Grenfell
Perm sec Sarah Healey is asked whether department can give assurances that it knows about all problem high-rises
Passport delays: staff were 'fighting a losing battle against poor planning'
06 Apr 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Passport delays: staff were 'fighting a losing battle against poor planning'
Passport Office "let down" hundreds of thousands of customers despite planning for applications surge, PAC says
FCDO extends recruitment window for new second perm sec
06 Apr 2023 Foreign Affairs
FCDO extends recruitment window for new second perm sec
Department gives potential candidates three more weeks to apply for £160k role
DSIT seeks national technology adviser
05 Apr 2023 Digital, Data & Technology
DSIT seeks national technology adviser
Director general-level role requiring "fantastic network" of contacts in science, tech and digital will pay to up £135,000
More Fast Stream recruits coming from lower socio-economic backgrounds
05 Apr 2023 Civil Service Reform
More Fast Stream recruits coming from lower socio-economic backgrounds
Diversity improvements in all areas except regionally, with more recruits from London in 2022 than in 2021
NICS top brass ‘need ministerial direction’ for tough spending decisions, union says
05 Apr 2023 Finance
NICS top brass ‘need ministerial direction’ for tough spending decisions, union says
Accounting officers are being put in an “invidious position” because of looming service cuts, FDA chief says
Capita working on restoring client services after cyberattack
04 Apr 2023 Commercial
Capita working on restoring client services after cyberattack
One of government’s biggest IT suppliers claims that there is 'no evidence' of data breach
Home Office rapped for ‘disappointing’ fraud failings
04 Apr 2023 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
Home Office rapped for ‘disappointing’ fraud failings
MPs voice litany of concerns over coordination of national efforts to combat major strand of crime
Get your act together and start serious pay negotiations, civil service unions tell ministers
03 Apr 2023 HR
Get your act together and start serious pay negotiations, civil service unions tell ministers
Latest plea comes as PCS begins new strikes and Prospect warns of more to come
Debt management function moves from Cabinet Office to Treasury
03 Apr 2023 Civil Service Reform
Debt management function moves from Cabinet Office to Treasury
Rishi Sunak also announces Home Office gets responsibility for Fraud Act 2006
MPs criticise public service ombudsman for ‘lack of ambition’
03 Apr 2023 Operational Delivery
MPs criticise public service ombudsman for ‘lack of ambition’
Report says PHSO strategy for cutting complaints backlog is not a long-term solution
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – April 3
03 Apr 2023 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – April 3
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via the Dods People team
Civil service sick days on the rise, latest stats reveal
31 Mar 2023 HR
Civil service sick days on the rise, latest stats reveal
Ministry of Justice tops departmental “days lost” rankings, according to Cabinet Office figures
Civil Service People Survey: Satisfaction with pay falls to 14-year low
31 Mar 2023 Civil Service Reform
Civil Service People Survey: Satisfaction with pay falls to 14-year low
Pride and happiness with leadership also drop significantly in annual staff-sentiment poll
Energy-security plan dubbed ‘Groundhog Day of reannouncements’
31 Mar 2023 Energy & Environment
Energy-security plan dubbed ‘Groundhog Day of reannouncements’
Critics accuse Shapps of recycling old policies and failing to fund new infrastructure and skills
HMCTS boss: We are ‘making amends’ for Common Platform issues
30 Mar 2023 Digital, Data & Technology
HMCTS boss: We are ‘making amends’ for Common Platform issues
Nick Goodwin says addressing stress concerns over controversial case-management system is organisation’s “number one priority”
NAO sounds alarm over surging fraud levels in government spending
30 Mar 2023 Finance
NAO sounds alarm over surging fraud levels in government spending
Watchdog says losses hit £21bn in 2020-22 and warns public confidence in the integrity of services is at risk
British public's confidence in civil service drops – but is still much higher than government and parliament
30 Mar 2023 Social Research
British public's confidence in civil service drops – but is still much higher than government and parliament
Britons are twice as likely to say they have confidence in the civil service than the government or parliament
Home Office spends a third of UK foreign aid budget 'without effective oversight'
29 Mar 2023 Foreign Affairs
Home Office spends a third of UK foreign aid budget 'without effective oversight'
Department's use of ODA budget on refugee and asylum seeker costs has caused major disruption to FCDO aid programme, watchdog says
Work starts on £6m cross-government digital system to help civil servants move between departments
29 Mar 2023 Civil Service Reform
Work starts on £6m cross-government digital system to help civil servants move between departments
Fujitsu awarded contract to build platform that intends to enable transfers ‘at pace and without friction’
‘No target for civil service job cuts doesn’t mean no cuts’, minister tells MPs
29 Mar 2023 HR
‘No target for civil service job cuts doesn’t mean no cuts’, minister tells MPs
Cabinet Office’s Alex Burghart is grilled over government’s plans to shrink departmental headcount
Civil service headcount continues to grow amid job cuts threat
29 Mar 2023 HR
Civil service headcount continues to grow amid job cuts threat
Which departments are getting bigger and which are relying more on temporary staff?
Cabinet Office eyes 25,000 cut to civil service’s London headcount by 2030
28 Mar 2023 HR
Cabinet Office eyes 25,000 cut to civil service’s London headcount by 2030
Minister admits he has yet to visit department’s second HQ after five months in post