DWP staff to strike over festive period
05 Dec HR

DWP staff to strike over festive period

Strike over pay and conditions comes after reports of DWP officials using foodbanks amid cost-of-living crisis
by Tevye Markson
National Audit Office boss: ‘We’re not a remote working organisation’
06 Dec Finance
National Audit Office boss: ‘We’re not a remote working organisation’
Red team security unit to test departmental defences with hostile reconnaissance
06 Dec Security & Defence
Red team security unit to test departmental defences with hostile reconnaissance
HMRC phone lines closed over 'technical issue' – MPs demand answers
05 Dec Communications
HMRC phone lines closed over 'technical issue' – MPs demand answers
Welsh Government to review office space with one in 10 civil servants in workplace each day
05 Dec Civil Service Reform
Welsh Government to review office space with one in 10 civil servants in workplace each day
Other bodies to be offered space amid plans to become "exemplar for remote working"
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – December 5
05 Dec HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – December 5
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Civil service strikes: National Highways action to coincide with train walkouts
02 Dec HR
Civil service strikes: National Highways action to coincide with train walkouts
Union says strikes could “bring road network to a standstill” in December while rail travel disrupted
Ex-ministers and officials who break lobbying rules should face legal action, MPs say
02 Dec HR
Ex-ministers and officials who break lobbying rules should face legal action, MPs say
Voluntary compliance with rules not “sufficient to maintain public confidence” in system’s integrity, PACAC says
Former No.10 comms chief warned over risk of breaching anti-corruption rules
02 Dec Communications
Former No.10 comms chief warned over risk of breaching anti-corruption rules
Acoba says listings on speaking-agency websites could land Guto Harri in hot water
High Court sets date for civil service pensions challenge
02 Dec HR
High Court sets date for civil service pensions challenge
Judicial review will examine government’s failure to honour 2% cut in staff contributions under scheme rules
Perm secs take flak for major-project spending transparency
02 Dec Finance
Perm secs take flak for major-project spending transparency
MPs complain of late, poor-quality and “missing in action” accounting-officer assessments
ICO 'not going easy on government', data watchdog chief says
01 Dec Digital, Data & Technology
ICO 'not going easy on government', data watchdog chief says
Commissioner claims that fining public bodies simply creates a ‘money-go-round’
Civil service job cuts 'should fund better pay for top new recruits'
01 Dec Digital, Data & Technology
Civil service job cuts 'should fund better pay for top new recruits'
Performance-related pay and “senior specialist” roles would help departments attract more outside talent, IfG says
Outcome delivery plans suspended after job-cuts saga and Autumn Statement
01 Dec Leadership
Outcome delivery plans suspended after job-cuts saga and Autumn Statement
Disruption halted publication but Sunak will not scrap ODPs in the long run, minister confirms
DHSC rapped for sharing 'misleading' graph on nurses' wage rise
30 Nov Communications
DHSC rapped for sharing 'misleading' graph on nurses' wage rise
Tweet shared after nurses' strike announced remains up despite warning it could harm public confidence
NAO sounds alarm as funding shortfalls threaten departmental shared-services drive
30 Nov Commercial
NAO sounds alarm as funding shortfalls threaten departmental shared-services drive
Cabinet Office “doesn’t know how much has been spent or what benefits to expect”, watchdog warns
Civil service strikes: driving examiners to walk out as first wave of dates confirmed
29 Nov Energy & Environment
Civil service strikes: driving examiners to walk out as first wave of dates confirmed
DVSA and Rural Payments Agency to stage rolling regional strikes from 13 December, PCS confirms
Home Office accused of 'creating preventable' health risk after asylum centre diphtheria outbreak
29 Nov Health & Social Care
Home Office accused of 'creating preventable' health risk after asylum centre diphtheria outbreak
After suspected cases among asylum seekers dispersed from Manston, expert says situation "should have been prevented through joint working"
Cab sec weighing up civil servants' role in Scottish independence referendum
29 Nov HR
Cab sec weighing up civil servants' role in Scottish independence referendum
Case and Scottish Government perm sec are working on what Supreme Court judgement means for the civil service
DBS back-office staff threaten ‘indefinite’ industrial action
29 Nov Digital, Data & Technology
DBS back-office staff threaten ‘indefinite’ industrial action
PCS chief says billionaire employer can “easily” end pay dispute – plus, more HMCTS strikes announced
Cabinet Office alerted to data breach – and fails to respond for 10 days
28 Nov Security & Defence
Cabinet Office alerted to data breach – and fails to respond for 10 days
Personal details of civil servant and supplier exposed by inadequately redacted document
Remote working 'wasn’t in DVLA's DNA': boss admits pandemic shortcomings
28 Nov HR
Remote working 'wasn’t in DVLA's DNA': boss admits pandemic shortcomings
Huge Swansea presence left agency exposed to local infection rates, Julie Lennard tells MPs
Cabinet Office pay gap growth ‘incredibly disappointing’, gender champion says
28 Nov HR
Cabinet Office pay gap growth ‘incredibly disappointing’, gender champion says
End to DVLA flexible working sees DfT lose ground on pay gap too
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – November 28
28 Nov HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – November 28
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Home Office perm sec: 'I still don't have evidence Rwanda scheme is value for money'
25 Nov Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office perm sec: 'I still don't have evidence Rwanda scheme is value for money'
Cost of controversial partnership rises to £140m as Rycroft admits there is no sign of deterrent effect yet
Roads projects at risk because of spiralling inflation, NAO warns
25 Nov Finance
Roads projects at risk because of spiralling inflation, NAO warns
Watchdog says National Highways and DfT schemes could be scrapped or delayed because of rising costs
Passport Office crisis ‘fixed’, says Braverman – but no promise of return to pre-Covid processing target
25 Nov Justice & Home Affairs
Passport Office crisis ‘fixed’, says Braverman – but no promise of return to pre-Covid processing target
Braverman says 99% of applications are now being processed within 10 weeks
'Inexcusable': DVLA staff 'told to wear coats' after heating breaks at Swansea HQ
25 Nov HR
'Inexcusable': DVLA staff 'told to wear coats' after heating breaks at Swansea HQ
Union slams "failure to communicate" with vulnerable staff as DVLA announces the problem is fixed