DfT perm sec and next US ambassador among New Year Honours recipients
02 Jan HR

DfT perm sec and next US ambassador among New Year Honours recipients

Permanent representative to the United Nations Barbara Woodward is made a Dame Grand Cross for her contribution to foreign policy
by Jim Dunton
Immigration officers charged with stealing from migrants
06 Jan HR
Immigration officers charged with stealing from migrants
New cross-government cyber unit announced
06 Jan Digital, Data & Technology
New cross-government cyber unit announced
Prison officers get visa carve-out to stave off staffing crisis
05 Jan HR
Prison officers get visa carve-out to stave off staffing crisis
Grooming gangs review: Leadership and collaboration ‘lacking’ across government
17 Jun 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Grooming gangs review: Leadership and collaboration ‘lacking’ across government
Louise Casey hands Home Office, DfE and DfT her recommendations for urgent action
NAO flags Civil Service Pension Scheme failings
17 Jun 2025 HR
NAO flags Civil Service Pension Scheme failings
Cabinet Office has spent £31.7m bankrolling admin for botched 2015 reforms, according to report
Cabinet Office gets £50m to boost civil service productivity
17 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Cabinet Office gets £50m to boost civil service productivity
Allocation from £3.25bn Transformation Fund will pay for learning-and-development overhaul
Sarah Healey gets damehood in King’s Birthday Honours
16 Jun 2025 HR
Sarah Healey gets damehood in King’s Birthday Honours
MHCLG perm sec and Joint Intelligence Committee chair receive damehoods as scores of current and former civil servants are honoured
MI6 appoints first ever female chief
16 Jun 2025 Security & Defence
MI6 appoints first ever female chief
Blaise Metreweli will move from current 'Q' role to become 'C', the head of the Secret Intelligence Service
'The front line of mission delivery': Sheffield, Leeds and Darlington campuses to lead community-based scheme
16 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
'The front line of mission delivery': Sheffield, Leeds and Darlington campuses to lead community-based scheme
Civil servants to work with local service providers to drive growth, opportunity and health missions 'from the ground up'
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – June 16
16 Jun 2025 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – June 16
Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People
PACAC to probe how ministers announce new policies
13 Jun 2025 Communications
PACAC to probe how ministers announce new policies
Lindsay Hoyle sought inquiry over major announcements being briefed to the media before the House
SR25: 'Canary Wharf costs half as much as Westminster' – departments outline estate plans
13 Jun 2025 HR
SR25: 'Canary Wharf costs half as much as Westminster' – departments outline estate plans
From the Cabinet Office moving jobs to east London to a HMRC promise that seems to have already been delivered, here are the highlights from departments' property efficiency plans
SR25: IFS questions departments’ admin efficiency figures
13 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
SR25: IFS questions departments’ admin efficiency figures
Near-uniform plans for 15% savings isn’t “serious” work from HM Treasury, think-tank director suggests
SR25: Defra eyes 5% headcount cuts as departments set out workforce reduction plans
13 Jun 2025 HR
SR25: Defra eyes 5% headcount cuts as departments set out workforce reduction plans
DSIT and DBT target smaller senior civil service workforce, while Cabinet Office and DfT aim for less managers per staff member
SR25: MoJ gets funding injection for new prison places and probation services
12 Jun 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
SR25: MoJ gets funding injection for new prison places and probation services
£7bn will be used to create 14,000 prison places by 2031, while probation services will get up to £700m per year by 2028‑29 to implement sentencing review recommendations
SR25: HMRC gets £1.7bn for big increase in compliance and debt management staff
12 Jun 2025 Economics
SR25: HMRC gets £1.7bn for big increase in compliance and debt management staff
Department also gets £500m "to make HMRC a truly digital-first organisation"
Outsourced staff accept 'groundbreaking' pay and benefits offer
12 Jun 2025 Commercial
Outsourced staff accept 'groundbreaking' pay and benefits offer
PCS lauds "first of its kind" pay package for outsourced facilities management contracts in the civil service
Civil service strategic workforce plan delay 'disappointing' – union chief
11 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Civil service strategic workforce plan delay 'disappointing' – union chief
Civil servants left "with more questions than answers" as to how Spending Review cuts are to be implemented, FDA head says
‘Radically’ shorter Green Book will support place-based budgeting and transformational change
11 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
‘Radically’ shorter Green Book will support place-based budgeting and transformational change
Treasury announces results of review into its guidance on appraising policies and projects
Key Spending Review announcements: NHS cash boost, £39bn for housing and a pledge to end asylum hotels
11 Jun 2025
Key Spending Review announcements: NHS cash boost, £39bn for housing and a pledge to end asylum hotels
Rachel Reeves also announced funding for more prison places and a rise in defence spending
Departments agree 16% admin savings and 5% total efficiencies
11 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Departments agree 16% admin savings and 5% total efficiencies
OvFM helps departments find £13.8bn of annual efficiencies in day-to-day spending as part of 5% overall target
Spending Review: DSIT gets £1.2bn boost to fund cross-department digital priorities
11 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Spending Review: DSIT gets £1.2bn boost to fund cross-department digital priorities
Announcement brings total funding for cross-cutting digital priorities to £1.9bn over SR25 period
Civil service headcount hits 19-year high
11 Jun 2025 HR
Civil service headcount hits 19-year high
Uplift of 2,000 staff returns FTE numbers to level not seen since 2006
Ministry of Justice picks Jo Farrar as new permanent secretary
11 Jun 2025 HR
Ministry of Justice picks Jo Farrar as new permanent secretary
Former second perm sec will return to the MoJ as its top civil servant after two-year spell in NHS body
Civil servants ‘can resign’ if they strongly oppose Gaza policy
10 Jun 2025 Foreign Affairs
Civil servants ‘can resign’ if they strongly oppose Gaza policy
FCDO perm sec tells hundreds of officials who raised concerns that “quitting is an honourable course”
Ex-Test and Trace director appointed as Starmer’s expert adviser on health
10 Jun 2025 Health & Social Care
Ex-Test and Trace director appointed as Starmer’s expert adviser on health
Axel Heitmueller previously held government roles in No.10, Cabinet Office, DHSC and DWP
All civil servants to get AI training
09 Jun 2025 Digital, Data & Technology
All civil servants to get AI training
For the latest One Big Thing project, officials will be trained on AI and tasked with assessing how they can use the tech to streamline their own work