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
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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
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Sir Ian Diamond steps down as UK’s national statistician
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Barclays director named as government’s lead NED
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Lord John Nash stands down from role of lead non-exec director more than a year early
Grenfell Inquiry: DCLG official admits being ‘single point of failure’
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Ex-minister says he was unaware deregulatory drive had an impact on fire safety
MPs reject DCMS's 'unimaginative' choice for Charity Commission chair
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Select committee says department has failed to learn from its mistakes, after previous pick quit days before starting
Guidance sets out average 2% pay rise for most civil servants
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Unions slam “real-terms pay cut” despite flexibility for 3% rises in “priority” cases
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31 Mar 2022 HR
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“Guided distribution” guidance labelled “retrograde and unnecessary”
Shapps announces crackdown on ferry firms to combat ‘outrageous’ P&O sackings
31 Mar 2022 Economy
Shapps announces crackdown on ferry firms to combat ‘outrageous’ P&O sackings
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Former Foreign Office perm sec calls for FCDO redundancies
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Simon McDonald says the FCDO looks like “two departments stuck together”
EXCL: 5% of SCS to be marked as underperforming in return to guided distribution for performance management Exclusive
30 Mar 2022 HR
EXCL: 5% of SCS to be marked as underperforming in return to guided distribution for performance management
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Rees-Mogg urges departments to 'accelerate' cost-cutting drive as £3.4bn in efficiency savings reported
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Jacob Rees-Mogg calls for cost-cutting drive to be accelerated and pledges to set targets for departments
'Relatively low' number of refugees have arrived via Homes For Ukraine scheme
29 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
'Relatively low' number of refugees have arrived via Homes For Ukraine scheme
150,000 households have signed up to the scheme, but questions have been raised over bureaucracy involved
Departments told to review contracts with Russian suppliers
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Departments told to review contracts with Russian suppliers
Public bodies urged to find ways to "sever their commercial ties to Russia" – but guidance show the action they can take is limited
Home Office unlawfully seized 2,000 asylum seekers' phones, court rules
29 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
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Almost 2,000 mobile phones were seized by the department under a blanket policy which the court ruled was unlawful and broke human rights
Met Police issues first 20 Partygate fines
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Boris Johnson among dozens sent interview questionnaires after Sue Gray probe into Covid rule-breaking
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – March 28
28 Mar 2022 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – March 28
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Dstl kickstarts regional expansion with Newcastle office
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Dstl kickstarts regional expansion with Newcastle office
Defence R&D lab is investigating opportunities to open more hubs around the UK
DHSC bought £122m PPE from Tory peer-linked firm 'for almost three times manufacturing fee'
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DHSC bought £122m PPE from Tory peer-linked firm 'for almost three times manufacturing fee'
The 25 million gowns were never used after failing an inspection
Grenfell Inquiry: DCLG official played down risks of major tower-block fire
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Grenfell Inquiry: DCLG official played down risks of major tower-block fire
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Spring Statement: Below-inflation civil service pay awards ‘seem a certainty’
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Union chief says further restraint will be “catastrophic” for public sector workers
MPs renew call for government to create chief risk officer role
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Senior officials “lack understanding” of the benefits a CRO would bring, despite pandemic experience, Public Accounts Committee says
DHSC failed to adequately document Randox Covid testing contract decisions – NAO
25 Mar 2022 Coronavirus
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High Court sides with union in Home Office subs challenge
25 Mar 2022 HR
High Court sides with union in Home Office subs challenge
PCS calls for cross-government damages deal after multi-million-pound DWP settlement
Spring Statement: Sunak’s silence on departmental spending ‘signals new squeeze’
24 Mar 2022 Economy
Spring Statement: Sunak’s silence on departmental spending ‘signals new squeeze’
Institute for Fiscal Studies says lack of new cash chips 10% off Spending Review settlements
DLUHC to hire a dozen local levelling up directors on up to £144k each
24 Mar 2022 HR
DLUHC to hire a dozen local levelling up directors on up to £144k each
Partygate investigator Sue Gray will help to recruit the new regional chiefs