Ministerial directions and a 'powerful' board: Think tank's 'draft bill' sets out vision for statutory civil service
13 May Civil Service Reform

Ministerial directions and a 'powerful' board: Think tank's 'draft bill' sets out vision for statutory civil service

Cab sec would have responsibility for appointment and performance management of perm secs under IfG proposals
by Tevye Markson
Treasury appoints new second perm sec to support economic growth mission
15 May Economics
Treasury appoints new second perm sec to support economic growth mission
Civil servants 'are hungry for reform': Union boss urges ministers to set clear plan
14 May Civil Service Reform
Civil servants 'are hungry for reform': Union boss urges ministers to set clear plan
GDS seeks two leaders to 'pilot and scale AI projects' and 'incubate service journey transformation'
14 May Digital, Data & Technology
GDS seeks two leaders to 'pilot and scale AI projects' and 'incubate service journey transformation'
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”
NAO sounds alarm over surging fraud levels in government spending
30 Mar 2023 Finance
NAO sounds alarm over surging fraud levels in government spending
Watchdog says losses hit £21bn in 2020-22 and warns public confidence in the integrity of services is at risk
British public's confidence in civil service drops – but is still much higher than government and parliament
30 Mar 2023 Social Research
British public's confidence in civil service drops – but is still much higher than government and parliament
Britons are twice as likely to say they have confidence in the civil service than the government or parliament
Home Office spends a third of UK foreign aid budget 'without effective oversight'
29 Mar 2023 Foreign Affairs
Home Office spends a third of UK foreign aid budget 'without effective oversight'
Department's use of ODA budget on refugee and asylum seeker costs has caused major disruption to FCDO aid programme, watchdog says
Work starts on £6m cross-government digital system to help civil servants move between departments
29 Mar 2023 Civil Service Reform
Work starts on £6m cross-government digital system to help civil servants move between departments
Fujitsu awarded contract to build platform that intends to enable transfers ‘at pace and without friction’
‘No target for civil service job cuts doesn’t mean no cuts’, minister tells MPs
29 Mar 2023 HR
‘No target for civil service job cuts doesn’t mean no cuts’, minister tells MPs
Cabinet Office’s Alex Burghart is grilled over government’s plans to shrink departmental headcount
Civil service headcount continues to grow amid job cuts threat
29 Mar 2023 HR
Civil service headcount continues to grow amid job cuts threat
Which departments are getting bigger and which are relying more on temporary staff?
Cabinet Office eyes 25,000 cut to civil service’s London headcount by 2030
28 Mar 2023 HR
Cabinet Office eyes 25,000 cut to civil service’s London headcount by 2030
Minister admits he has yet to visit department’s second HQ after five months in post
Diamond reappointed for second spell as national statistician
28 Mar 2023 HR
Diamond reappointed for second spell as national statistician
Alex Chisholm says he "has no doubt" Diamond will "continue to drive innovation and value across the statistical system"
PCS announces third all-out strike to 'pile pressure' on government
28 Mar 2023 Civil Service Reform
PCS announces third all-out strike to 'pile pressure' on government
Union says government is "refusing to listen" to demands over pay, pensions, redundancy terms and job security
PCS members to begin new industrial action in Defra and agencies
27 Mar 2023 Energy & Environment
PCS members to begin new industrial action in Defra and agencies
Union announces that members in the Forestry Commission England, Marine Management Organisation, and Rural Payments Agency will join core Defra staff in action short of strike from 11 April
DWP-led shared services group signs £1.4m consultancy deal to help shape ‘technical vision’
27 Mar 2023 Civil Service Reform
DWP-led shared services group signs £1.4m consultancy deal to help shape ‘technical vision’
Synergy cluster seeks input ahead of going to market
Departments ‘back net-zero objectives', Pocklington tells MPs
27 Mar 2023 Energy & Environment
Departments ‘back net-zero objectives', Pocklington tells MPs
But energy security department perm sec acknowledges that decarbonising power sector by 2035 will be “very challenging”
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – March 27
27 Mar 2023 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – March 27
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via the Dods People team
MoD agrees 'achievable' new schedule for troubled Ajax programme
24 Mar 2023 Security & Defence
MoD agrees 'achievable' new schedule for troubled Ajax programme
Department will resume payments for the armoured vehicles as the programme is "returning to firm footing", minister says
Government hub named 'best public sector workplace in the world'
24 Mar 2023 Civil Service Reform
Government hub named 'best public sector workplace in the world'
Birmingham hub is only the second public sector building to get the certification
BEIS recovered just 1% of £1.1bn fraud in Covid support loans to small firms
24 Mar 2023 Coronavirus
BEIS recovered just 1% of £1.1bn fraud in Covid support loans to small firms
Losses come on top of multi-billion-pound Bounce Back Loans hit, National Audit Office says