DWP's new Blackpool office opens amid reports SR25 funding will depend on job relocations
12 May HR

DWP's new Blackpool office opens amid reports SR25 funding will depend on job relocations

3,000 officials will move to Talbot Gateway site as Cabinet Office ups pressure to move jobs "closer to frontline services"
by Beckie Smith
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
12 May Justice & Home Affairs
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 12 May
12 May HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 12 May
Sir Ian Diamond steps down as UK’s national statistician
09 May HR
Sir Ian Diamond steps down as UK’s national statistician
ONS blames civil service strikes for ‘flatlining’ economic growth
13 Apr 2023 Economics
ONS blames civil service strikes for ‘flatlining’ economic growth
Public sector industrial action offsets boosts in construction and retail sectors, data shows
DWP picks former Boots and NHS exec as new digital chief
12 Apr 2023 Digital, Data & Technology
DWP picks former Boots and NHS exec as new digital chief
The role was advertised with a salary of £200,000-a-year
GCHQ to get first female chief
12 Apr 2023 Security & Defence
GCHQ to get first female chief
MI5 deputy DG Anne Keast-Butler will take helm of intelligence and security hub next month
ICO to fast-track public interest Freedom of Information complaints
12 Apr 2023 Digital, Data & Technology
ICO to fast-track public interest Freedom of Information complaints
Regulator expects to give up to a fifth of complaints faster treatment
Civil service’s biggest union grows as pay battle intensifies
11 Apr 2023 HR
Civil service’s biggest union grows as pay battle intensifies
PCS says headcount grew by almost 5% in 2022 and is continuing to rise as strike action continues
Long-suppressed DWP report shows benefits sanctions 'slow progress into work'
11 Apr 2023 Policy
Long-suppressed DWP report shows benefits sanctions 'slow progress into work'
DWP forced to release 2020 report – after making more people subject to sanctions
Government has implemented just four of 57 ethics recommendations, says charity
11 Apr 2023 HR
Government has implemented just four of 57 ethics recommendations, says charity
Spotlight on Corruption says it hopes the post-Greensill audit will be a "wake-up call" to the government
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”