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
Ex-chancellor faces no sanctions for contacting Treasury on bank's behalf
29 Nov 2021 HR
Ex-chancellor faces no sanctions for contacting Treasury on bank's behalf
Philip Hammond's approach on behalf of OakNorth Bank “would have been more appropriate” coming from someone else, minister says
Risk management profession set to recruit first chief
29 Nov 2021 Finance
Risk management profession set to recruit first chief
Government finance function head Cat Little says learning and development programme for new profession should be in place by autumn next year
Cabinet Office criticised over 'rushed' watchdog recruitment
26 Nov 2021 HR
Cabinet Office criticised over 'rushed' watchdog recruitment
Thirteen-day application window “hardly a good way to get a strong and diverse field” for next UKSA chair, says former Royal Statistical Society chief exec
Cab sec acknowledges civil service’s science skills shortfall
26 Nov 2021 Civil Service Reform
Cab sec acknowledges civil service’s science skills shortfall
Simon Case pledges to “recruit more Kate Binghams” after former Vaccine Taskforce boss’s criticisms
Ministers need to ‘walk the talk on transparency’, says information commissioner
26 Nov 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
Ministers need to ‘walk the talk on transparency’, says information commissioner
Denham slates Cabinet Office for FOI ‘clearing house’ stance and exemptions for new public bodies
Pay sparks strike threat at Natural England
25 Nov 2021 Energy & Environment
Pay sparks strike threat at Natural England
Action to start on 4 January, union says
NHS Digital and NHSX to be merged into NHS England
25 Nov 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
NHS Digital and NHSX to be merged into NHS England
Move will accelerate transformation and enable consistent messaging, leaders of tech units say
Home Office 'failing to keep on top of asylum cases' as children wait 550 days for decisions
25 Nov 2021 HR
Home Office 'failing to keep on top of asylum cases' as children wait 550 days for decisions
Inspectors find "no evidence of any case type being prioritised"
HMCTS offers up to £130k for next chief exec
25 Nov 2021 HR
HMCTS offers up to £130k for next chief exec
Campaign comes more than a year after Susan Acland-Hood became DfE perm sec
Home Office should lose Windrush compensation scheme role, MPs say
24 Nov 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office should lose Windrush compensation scheme role, MPs say
Badly-managed scheme has "compounded the injustices" of the Windrush scandal, MPs say
MPs express 'real concerns' over social care costing changes
24 Nov 2021 Finance
MPs express 'real concerns' over social care costing changes
Treasury Committee urges government to publish a full impact assessment "as soon as possible"
Departments get ‘how to’ guide on greening government estate
24 Nov 2021 Energy & Environment
Departments get ‘how to’ guide on greening government estate
Cabinet Office playbook sets out how public-sector buildings can contribute to net-zero carbon goal
Bingham fires broadside at civil service ‘foot dragging’
23 Nov 2021 Coronavirus
Bingham fires broadside at civil service ‘foot dragging’
Former Vaccine Taskforce boss bemoans lack of science skills in government and says obstacles to decision-making must be overcome
GOV.UK login system received £100m funding in Spending Review
23 Nov 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
GOV.UK login system received £100m funding in Spending Review
Head of Central Digital and Data Office says that her team worked closely with Treasury colleagues to ensure tech initiatives were supported by funding round
PM: 'No civil servant could have come up with Peppa Pig'
22 Nov 2021 Energy & Environment
PM: 'No civil servant could have come up with Peppa Pig'
Boris Johnson has said that “no Whitehall civil servant” could have created the “pure genius” of Peppa Pig, in a speech to the CBI today
HMRC struggles to recover billions in overpaid Covid-19 support and tax debts
22 Nov 2021 Coronavirus
HMRC struggles to recover billions in overpaid Covid-19 support and tax debts
Taskforce likely to recover minority of support paid in error and fraud as NAO says department needs to increase its debt recovery capacity
UK digital minister joins counterparts in agreement for ‘sustainable and inclusive innovation’
22 Nov 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
UK digital minister joins counterparts in agreement for ‘sustainable and inclusive innovation’
Joint statement from 10 governments pledges cooperation in delivering transformation objectives
CMA and Defra detail northern expansion plans
22 Nov 2021 HR
CMA and Defra detail northern expansion plans
Manchester, Darlington and Newcastle set for civil service jobs boosts
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – November 22
22 Nov 2021 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – November 22
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Government was not prepared enough for Covid pandemic, NAO finds
19 Nov 2021 Coronavirus
Government was not prepared enough for Covid pandemic, NAO finds
Lessons from previous simulation exercises "not fully implemented", watchdog says
NI Civil Service pay growth outstrips private sector
19 Nov 2021 HR
NI Civil Service pay growth outstrips private sector
Annual statistics show officials posted 5.2% hike in median earnings in year to March
Scottish Government appoints senior DWP official as next perm sec
18 Nov 2021 HR
Scottish Government appoints senior DWP official as next perm sec
John-Paul Marks will succeed current perm sec Leslie Evans from January
Drop social distancing to get more civil servants back to offices, departments told
18 Nov 2021 Coronavirus
Drop social distancing to get more civil servants back to offices, departments told
Guidance update "should support you to remove some or all of the measures associated with social distancing", Chisholm says
Ministerial code ‘not about protecting civil servants’ rights’, PM’s lawyer says
18 Nov 2021 HR
Ministerial code ‘not about protecting civil servants’ rights’, PM’s lawyer says
High Court is told Boris Johnson’s decision on Priti Patel bullying probe was a “matter of judgment for him”