DWP annnounces 60% in-office rule across all grades from September
09 May HR

DWP annnounces 60% in-office rule across all grades from September

PCS says the decision is "a backward step" and that trusting staff to work from home "has been shown to improve productivity"
by Tevye Markson
Sir Ian Diamond steps down as UK’s national statistician
09 May HR
Sir Ian Diamond steps down as UK’s national statistician
Union anger as ex-cabinet minister accuses officials of being Putin-appeasers
09 May Foreign Affairs
Union anger as ex-cabinet minister accuses officials of being Putin-appeasers
Agentic AI ‘could boost government productivity by 20-30%’, former lead NED says
09 May Digital, Data & Technology
Agentic AI ‘could boost government productivity by 20-30%’, former lead NED says
Cost of living crisis: One in 12 civil servants 'using food banks'
09 Aug 2022 Economy
Cost of living crisis: One in 12 civil servants 'using food banks'
Exodus as 38% of officials responding to union survey say they are looking for jobs outside civil service
Sedwill spearheads call for post-Brexit regulatory reform
09 Aug 2022 Brexit
Sedwill spearheads call for post-Brexit regulatory reform
Think tank’s proposals include giving Cabinet Office “greater grip” on regulatory policy and introducing “presumption against” new watchdogs
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – August 8
08 Aug 2022 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – August 8
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Cutting 91,000 jobs ‘would hit services and could cost £2bn in redundancies’
08 Aug 2022 Civil Service Reform
Cutting 91,000 jobs ‘would hit services and could cost £2bn in redundancies’
Treasury "goes cold” on the headcount reduction plan following Steve Barclay review
Rees-Mogg targets flexitime in latest critique of civil service working arrangements
08 Aug 2022 Civil Service Reform
Rees-Mogg targets flexitime in latest critique of civil service working arrangements
After criticising home working, minister says he worries "too much flexitime will keep civil servants from the office"
Patrick Vallance to step down as chief scientific adviser
08 Aug 2022 Coronavirus
Patrick Vallance to step down as chief scientific adviser
Vallance says advising the government has been “immensely rewarding"
Government arrangement with Salesforce to offer public sector ‘significant savings’
05 Aug 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Government arrangement with Salesforce to offer public sector ‘significant savings’
Crown Commercial Service announces MoU with SaaS giant
Sunak says he changed funding formulas to put less money into 'deprived urban areas'
05 Aug 2022 Finance
Sunak says he changed funding formulas to put less money into 'deprived urban areas'
Ex-chancellor and Tory leader hopeful says Labour "shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas and that needed to be undone"
PM and chancellor draw fire for holidaying as recession warning hits
05 Aug 2022 Finance
PM and chancellor draw fire for holidaying as recession warning hits
Nadhim Zahawi insists he’s getting calls and briefings while working remotely
EXCL: Prevent strategy oversight board hasn't met since 2018
05 Aug 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
EXCL: Prevent strategy oversight board hasn't met since 2018
Rishi Sunak eyes extended remit for counter-extremism programme – but "independent" governance panel has been mothballed
DBS contact-centre staff vote to strike
05 Aug 2022 HR
DBS contact-centre staff vote to strike
Outsourced contract workers demand improvement on 3.25% pay offer
DWP and Boris Johnson's employment claims 'not trustworthy'
04 Aug 2022 Statistics
DWP and Boris Johnson's employment claims 'not trustworthy'
Stats regulator says department has not sufficiently justified claims it has moved 500,000 jobseekers into work
Fast Stream pause: Cabinet Office seeks alternative opportunities for promising interns
04 Aug 2022 HR
Fast Stream pause: Cabinet Office seeks alternative opportunities for promising interns
“Fast pass” scheme means interns’ applications to flagship grad scheme are fast tracked
Braverman tells GLD to scrap diversity training, saying officials 'scared to dissent'
04 Aug 2022 HR
Braverman tells GLD to scrap diversity training, saying officials 'scared to dissent'
Attorney general says she is “horrified” government lawyers spent 2,000 hours on "new religion" last year
Passport Office processing up to one in four applications by outdated system, minister admits
03 Aug 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Passport Office processing up to one in four applications by outdated system, minister admits
The new digital application processing platform was originally due to be fully implemented by 2019
High workloads, low pay and ministers’ attacks driving civil servants out, unions say
03 Aug 2022 HR
High workloads, low pay and ministers’ attacks driving civil servants out, unions say
Below-inflation pay blamed as civil servants “vote with their feet”
'We need focused learning, not woke folderol': Rees-Mogg slams 'nonsense' civil service training
02 Aug 2022 HR
'We need focused learning, not woke folderol': Rees-Mogg slams 'nonsense' civil service training
Government efficiency minister also backs plans from Liz Truss to scrap diversity and inclusion officers
Department for International Trade reports rise in fraud cases
02 Aug 2022 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
Department for International Trade reports rise in fraud cases
Companies misusing DIT branding and misrepresenting their relationship with the department
Truss U-turns on plans to cut civil service pay outside London
02 Aug 2022 Civil Service Reform
Truss U-turns on plans to cut civil service pay outside London
But cuts to holiday and diversity roles on the table after Tory leadership contender declares “war on Whitehall waste”
Cabinet secretary quizzed over ‘incomplete’ standards probe
02 Aug 2022 HR
Cabinet secretary quizzed over ‘incomplete’ standards probe
MPs ask Simon Case to set out what will happen to Christopher Geidt’s remaining live investigation
Attorney general accuses 'overcautious' government lawyers of 'hampering ministers'
02 Aug 2022 HR
Attorney general accuses 'overcautious' government lawyers of 'hampering ministers'
Suella Braverman says she will change guidance to discourage "computer says no" approach
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – August 1
01 Aug 2022 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – August 1
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
FCDO admits it has ‘fundamental lessons to learn’ from Afghan exit
01 Aug 2022 Foreign Affairs
FCDO admits it has ‘fundamental lessons to learn’ from Afghan exit
Department tells MPs last summer’s Kabul evacuation exposed crisis-response areas that “need improvement”
UK Space Agency commissions review after one in five staff report being bullied or harassed Exclusive
01 Aug 2022 HR
UK Space Agency commissions review after one in five staff report being bullied or harassed
Agency says formal complaints are low compared to the numbers in the 2021 Civil Service People Survey