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
Departments have underestimated threat posed by cyberattacks, MPs warn
13 May Security & Defence
Departments have underestimated threat posed by cyberattacks, MPs warn
Fact checker defends ex-perm sec over pension-reform claims
13 May Communications
Fact checker defends ex-perm sec over pension-reform claims
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
12 May Justice & Home Affairs
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
Former DfID perm sec appointed to chair international development review
16 Aug 2024 Foreign Affairs
Former DfID perm sec appointed to chair international development review
Exercise will assess government's approach to international development and how to improve capability
Pressure mounts on Treasury over director role given to Labour donor
15 Aug 2024 HR
Pressure mounts on Treasury over director role given to Labour donor
Former chief secretary Laura Trott demands answers from perm sec James Bowler and chancellor Rachel Reeves
Scrap £4bn jail-building scheme, former prisons inspector tells ministers
15 Aug 2024 Finance
Scrap £4bn jail-building scheme, former prisons inspector tells ministers
Expansion of prison places not a "good way to spend money", Nick Hardwick says
HMRC 'serious data-related incidents' up by 60% in a year
15 Aug 2024 Security & Defence
HMRC 'serious data-related incidents' up by 60% in a year
29 breaches, affecting more than 35,000 individuals, were escalated to the ICO in 2023-24
Fast Stream adds cybersecurity track in scheme shakeup
14 Aug 2024 Civil Service Reform
Fast Stream adds cybersecurity track in scheme shakeup
Risk management stream also added to the grad scheme for 2025
Scottish finance secretary orders emergency spending controls
14 Aug 2024 Finance
Scottish finance secretary orders emergency spending controls
New spending will only be permitted if it is “truly essential or unavoidable”, Shona Robison says
Treasury fines Home Office £500,000 over salary rule breach
14 Aug 2024 Finance
Treasury fines Home Office £500,000 over salary rule breach
Department failed to seek ministerial approval for senior civil servant's pay package of more than £150,000
MoD action on sexual misconduct 'too limited', unions say Exclusive
13 Aug 2024 HR
MoD action on sexual misconduct 'too limited', unions say
Joint statement criticises “pace of progress” of the Reaffirming our Standards programme
Rees-Mogg berates Sunak for 'not being interested' in civil service reform
13 Aug 2024 Civil Service Reform
Rees-Mogg berates Sunak for 'not being interested' in civil service reform
Former Cabinet Office minister says last government "bungled" opportunity to reshape Whitehall
Treasury formally launches Spending Review process
13 Aug 2024 Finance
Treasury formally launches Spending Review process
Darren Jones tells secretaries of state their departments will need to find cash-saving efficiencies
ONS officials to escalate office-attendance dispute
13 Aug 2024 HR
ONS officials to escalate office-attendance dispute
ONS civil servants to begin work-to-rule action from 27 August
DBT offers £130k for DG to lead on industrial strategy
12 Aug 2024 Policy
DBT offers £130k for DG to lead on industrial strategy
Successful candidate will need "exceptional personal credibility" to work with businesses, academics and civil servants
FCDO contractors to weigh up strike action
12 Aug 2024 HR
FCDO contractors to weigh up strike action
Union claims outsourced OCS staff do not have the same terms as their civil service colleagues
Funding shortfall hindering improvements to counter-terrorism capability, MoJ warns
12 Aug 2024 HR
Funding shortfall hindering improvements to counter-terrorism capability, MoJ warns
Progress report reveals series of delays to efforts to address concerns about government's management of terrorism offenders
Five departments make list of top 100 apprenticeships employers
12 Aug 2024 Education
Five departments make list of top 100 apprenticeships employers
HMRC returns to list following apprenticeships fiasco
Treasury ruffles feathers with new SCS appointment
09 Aug 2024 HR
Treasury ruffles feathers with new SCS appointment
Ex-spad calls appointment of Labour Party donor to director role in Rachel Reeves's department "murky"
'Spy tunnels' tourist attraction: second London council backs plans
09 Aug 2024 Property & Estates
'Spy tunnels' tourist attraction: second London council backs plans
Developer's vision to open subterranean Cold War complex to public takes another step forward
HMRC seeks chief people officer to lead 'ambitious workforce transformation'
09 Aug 2024 Digital, Data & Technology
HMRC seeks chief people officer to lead 'ambitious workforce transformation'
CPO will look at how to improve staff engagement after a drop off seen in the Civil Service People Survey
NCA officer jailed over indecent images of children and extreme pornography
08 Aug 2024 Digital, Data & Technology
NCA officer jailed over indecent images of children and extreme pornography
Adam Taylor sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after agency's anti-corruption unit found horrific abuse images on his tech devices
Darlington hub gets planning permission
08 Aug 2024 HR
Darlington hub gets planning permission
Government building, set for completion in 2027, will provide offices for more than 1,400 civil servants
MoD overhauls organisational culture as it pays out £1.7m to settle bullying claims
08 Aug 2024 Security & Defence
MoD overhauls organisational culture as it pays out £1.7m to settle bullying claims
Reaffirming our Standards programme comes after 60 women complained of a "toxic" working culture
Capability-based pay ‘has been abandoned’ – SSRB
08 Aug 2024 Civil Service Reform
Capability-based pay ‘has been abandoned’ – SSRB
Senior Salaries Review Body says an overarching SCS strategy and some form of pay progression are "fundamental to a well-run and value-for-money SCS”
HMRC warns of 'challenge' to deliver efficiency target
07 Aug 2024 Finance
HMRC warns of 'challenge' to deliver efficiency target
Department predicts further pressure on service standards as tax base grows due to frozen thresholds
Home Office governance overhaul has improved performance management, says lead NED
07 Aug 2024 Civil Service Reform
Home Office governance overhaul has improved performance management, says lead NED
Non-exec director says the introduction of a new operating system has also reduced bureaucracy and time spent by officials in committee meetings