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
12 May Justice & Home Affairs
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
09 May HR
Sir Ian Diamond steps down as UK’s national statistician
Northern Ireland heading for £1bn overspend
10 Nov 2023 Corporate Finance
Northern Ireland heading for £1bn overspend
'Fair' public sector pay awards set to add £590m to overspend, Department of Finance perm sec says
Loss of government statisticians ‘is a worry’, MPs told
10 Nov 2023 Analysis
Loss of government statisticians ‘is a worry’, MPs told
Departments may struggle to retain key officials amid demand for skills, experts warn
'I am v v cautious about walking back into this': Case deterred from Covid job by 'behaviours' in No.10
09 Nov 2023 Coronavirus
'I am v v cautious about walking back into this': Case deterred from Covid job by 'behaviours' in No.10
"I will not work for Dom," Simon Case told cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill, who was frustrated with spad's “divide and rule” approach
Public appointments system remains vulnerable to abuse and beset by delays, think tank warns
09 Nov 2023 HR
Public appointments system remains vulnerable to abuse and beset by delays, think tank warns
Sunak has made progress on appointments process for non-executive directors and chairs of public bodies but reform is needed, Institute for Government report says
Date set for Civil Service Pension Scheme legal challenge
09 Nov 2023 HR
Date set for Civil Service Pension Scheme legal challenge
Court of Appeal will hear unions’ case for lower contributions in line with 2015 reforms
Sedwill: Government was 'too focused on whether Covid worst case scenario would happen'
08 Nov 2023 Coronavirus
Sedwill: Government was 'too focused on whether Covid worst case scenario would happen'
Ex-cab sec says government's "measured" response to the Covid outbreak was based on 1 in 10 likelihood of reasonable worst-case scenario pandemic hitting the UK
Civil service needs more 'accountability for outcomes', chief Treasury secretary says
08 Nov 2023 Civil Service Reform
Civil service needs more 'accountability for outcomes', chief Treasury secretary says
More "urgency" is needed, says minister leading public sector productivity review
Covid Inquiry: Cabinet Office’s initial response structure ‘was source of confusion’
08 Nov 2023 Coronavirus
Covid Inquiry: Cabinet Office’s initial response structure ‘was source of confusion’
Ministerial Implementation Group model was ditched because of overlaps and lack of clarity over responsibility
Johnson and Sunak ‘blindsided’ Covid Taskforce with Eat Out to Help Out scheme
08 Nov 2023 Coronavirus
Johnson and Sunak ‘blindsided’ Covid Taskforce with Eat Out to Help Out scheme
Officials at the heart of government’s pandemic response were kept in the dark about bid to boost footfall at restaurants and cafés, inquiry hears
Government has never paid a ransomware demand, minister says
07 Nov 2023 Security & Defence
Government has never paid a ransomware demand, minister says
Security minister Tom Tugendhat says UK is "demonstrating leadership on cybersecurity" with pledge never to pay up
Science adviser sounded alarm over Treasury modelling, Covid Inquiry told
07 Nov 2023 Analysis
Science adviser sounded alarm over Treasury modelling, Covid Inquiry told
Former economic adviser insists Treasury was not "tactical" about its economic analysis but "shared freely"
Strike-curbing plans extended to Passport Office without consultation
07 Nov 2023 Security & Defence
Strike-curbing plans extended to Passport Office without consultation
Border security services during industrial action must be "no less effective than if a strike were not taking place”, Home Office says
DLUHC clashes with local council over four-day working week trial
06 Nov 2023 Analysis
DLUHC clashes with local council over four-day working week trial
South Cambridgeshire District Council issued with Best Value Notice signalling ministers' concern over reduced-hours pilot
Departments facing 16% real-terms budget cuts, think tank predicts
06 Nov 2023 Economics
Departments facing 16% real-terms budget cuts, think tank predicts
Such a big five-year drop in spending "looks completely undeliverable", Resolution Foundation research director says
National Archives seeks chief exec 'as it embarks on transformational decade'
06 Nov 2023 Digital, Data & Technology
National Archives seeks chief exec 'as it embarks on transformational decade'
£145,000 job involves overseeing "creation and preservation of the historical record of the UK and Welsh governments"
Research flags civil servants’ hybrid-working and training concerns
06 Nov 2023 HR
Research flags civil servants’ hybrid-working and training concerns
Flexibility is offset by blurred home-work boundaries and reduced creativity, officials report
Covid Inquiry: Hancock was a serial ‘over-promiser’ not a liar, perm sec says
03 Nov 2023 Coronavirus
Covid Inquiry: Hancock was a serial ‘over-promiser’ not a liar, perm sec says
Chris Wormald rejects criticisms DHSC was structurally “chaotic”, “dysfunctional” and “ungovernable”
Government AI taskforce to become an institute
03 Nov 2023 Digital, Data & Technology
Government AI taskforce to become an institute
DSIT will take on responsibility for identifying new uses for AI in the public sector and strengthening the UK’s capabilities
DfT failing to properly track impact of active travel programme, MPs warn
03 Nov 2023 Transport
DfT failing to properly track impact of active travel programme, MPs warn
Report finds department is not on course to meet targets and not doing enough to measure impact
Covid Inquiry: 2020 back-to-office drive ‘made absolutely no sense’
02 Nov 2023 Communications
Covid Inquiry: 2020 back-to-office drive ‘made absolutely no sense’
Government ditched science and followed media and Conservative MPs, former No.10 comms chief Lee Cain says
HMRC adds 565 staff with ‘skills in short supply’ after in-house IT provider dissolved
02 Nov 2023 Digital, Data & Technology
HMRC adds 565 staff with ‘skills in short supply’ after in-house IT provider dissolved
Almost three-quarters of RCTDS’s employees have become civil servants, which HMRC says will boost its technical capability
MacNamara: Whitehall processes 'bent out of shape' by Brexit work ahead of pandemic
02 Nov 2023 Brexit
MacNamara: Whitehall processes 'bent out of shape' by Brexit work ahead of pandemic
Former official says Brexit preparations led to the centre holding too much power, with departments "disempowered"
Ofqual chair named as interim replacement for Jo Saxton
02 Nov 2023 Education
Ofqual chair named as interim replacement for Jo Saxton
Ian Bauckham will serve as chief regulator at qualifications watchdog from January
Helen MacNamara: 'Extraordinarily difficult' to provide Covid inquiry evidence after Cabinet Office wiped work phone
01 Nov 2023 Coronavirus
Helen MacNamara: 'Extraordinarily difficult' to provide Covid inquiry evidence after Cabinet Office wiped work phone
Former deputy cabinet secretary also said government 'hadn't done any proper planning' just days before lockdown