Home Office perm sec sets out plans to tackle compliance ‘weaknesses’
08 May Commercial

Home Office perm sec sets out plans to tackle compliance ‘weaknesses’

Antonia Romeo tells MPs multi-million-pound asylum-accommodation failings exposed need for “incentivised culture-change”
by Jim Dunton
MoJ offers up to £160,000 for group chief technology officer
08 May HR
MoJ offers up to £160,000 for group chief technology officer
Scottish civil servants told not to discuss policy with ChatGPT
08 May Digital, Data & Technology
Scottish civil servants told not to discuss policy with ChatGPT
New HMPPS bullying complaints unit to end 'toxic culture', prisons minister says
07 May HR
New HMPPS bullying complaints unit to end 'toxic culture', prisons minister says
Home Office told to address failings that left asylum seekers waiting months for long-term housing
03 Jul 2020
Home Office told to address failings that left asylum seekers waiting months for long-term housing
Performance failings meant asylum seekers had "difficulties accessing suitable housing and specialist support and advice", NAO says
Government turns to Instagram to seek policy guidance from teenagers
03 Jul 2020 Communications
Government turns to Instagram to seek policy guidance from teenagers
New initiative will seek to gain views of people aged 13 to 25
NAO names next chair
02 Jul 2020
NAO names next chair
Former senior civil servant named to top role
DWP to overhaul complaints procedure
02 Jul 2020 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
DWP to overhaul complaints procedure
"Non-priority" complaints will result in letters to "manage customers' expectations", department says
Coronavirus: Treasury deletes ‘raise a glass’ tweet promoting pub reopenings after backlash
02 Jul 2020 Communications
Coronavirus: Treasury deletes ‘raise a glass’ tweet promoting pub reopenings after backlash
Tweet said people should ‘raise a glass’ on Saturday
Government urged to revive public service ombudsman reform to avoid MPs being ‘inundated’ with complaints about departments
02 Jul 2020
Government urged to revive public service ombudsman reform to avoid MPs being ‘inundated’ with complaints about departments
Rob Behrens, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, says coronavirus pandemic ‘emphasises the need for more effective redress than we currently have’
At a glance: Everything Boris Johnson pledged in his £5bn ‘New Deal’ for Britain
01 Jul 2020 Planning
At a glance: Everything Boris Johnson pledged in his £5bn ‘New Deal’ for Britain
Here's what's been promised in the PM's “New Deal” investment plan to “build, build, build” Britain’s way out of the coronavirus economic crisis.
‘Totally and utterly stupid’: Cummings rejects idea of appointing Brexiteer cabinet secretary
01 Jul 2020 Brexit
‘Totally and utterly stupid’: Cummings rejects idea of appointing Brexiteer cabinet secretary
PM’s top aids sets out recommended reading for spads, including a book that concludes “only the paranoid survive”
Theresa May slams choice to name 'political appointee with no proven expertise' as national security adviser
01 Jul 2020 Security & Defence
Theresa May slams choice to name 'political appointee with no proven expertise' as national security adviser
Gove defends appointment of David Frost, "a distinguished diplomat in his own right"
SSCL Announces New Chief Executive Officer Sponsored
01 Jul 2020
SSCL Announces New Chief Executive Officer
Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) has appointed David Morris as its new Chief Executive Officer
PM unveils infrastructure spending and planning reforms to ‘build, build, build’ out of Covid-19 crisis
30 Jun 2020 Economy
PM unveils infrastructure spending and planning reforms to ‘build, build, build’ out of Covid-19 crisis
"Times demand” interventionist policies to aid UK's economic recovery, Boris Johnson says
Gove pledges to reform civil service training and 'whirligig of transfers and promotions'
30 Jun 2020 Civil Service Reform
Gove pledges to reform civil service training and 'whirligig of transfers and promotions'
Government needs a “proper, and properly-resourced campus for training”, Cabinet Office minister says
Benefit sanctions to be reintroduced as DWP prepares to reopen jobcentes
30 Jun 2020 Operational Delivery
Benefit sanctions to be reintroduced as DWP prepares to reopen jobcentes
Work and pensions secretary tells MPs that over 17,000 DWP officials are now working remotely
Leicester lockdown: shops and schools to shut again as government re-imposes local curbs
30 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
Leicester lockdown: shops and schools to shut again as government re-imposes local curbs
City accounted for 10% of all positive cases in the country over the past week, says health secretary
O’Donnell: Frost's appointment as national security adviser ‘risks civil service politicisation’
29 Jun 2020 Foreign Affairs
O’Donnell: Frost's appointment as national security adviser ‘risks civil service politicisation’
PM says Frost will reinvigorate UK’s national security architecture but former top officials warn of "groupthink" risk
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 29
29 Jun 2020 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 29
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
‘I am deeply proud’: Sedwill writes to civil servants after announcing departure plans Exclusive
29 Jun 2020 HR
‘I am deeply proud’: Sedwill writes to civil servants after announcing departure plans
“I know I can count on you as the government navigates its way through the great challenges that lie ahead,” cabinet secretary writes
Mark Sedwill to step down as cabinet secretary as Boris Johnson eyes major Whitehall shake-up
28 Jun 2020 Civil Service Reform
Mark Sedwill to step down as cabinet secretary as Boris Johnson eyes major Whitehall shake-up
Sedwill will be nominated for a life peerage “in recognition of his distinguished service to public life”, Cabinet Office confirms
Welcome to the new Civil Service World website
26 Jun 2020
Welcome to the new Civil Service World website
It’s a fresh look and an improved way to provide you with all the information you need.
DWP admits it must fix Universal Credit loophole as it abandons legal battle
26 Jun 2020 Legal
DWP admits it must fix Universal Credit loophole as it abandons legal battle
Department will not fight judgement that found payment rule “irrational"
26 Jun 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
NHS data watchdog calls for ‘no surprises’ rule in use of patient info
Consultation opened on addition of eighth principle for the health system’s use of data
Mitie buys Interserve's facilities management arm to create outsourcing giant
26 Jun 2020 Commercial
Mitie buys Interserve's facilities management arm to create outsourcing giant
£271m deal will give Mitie “strong positions in UK government and UK defence services"
Who stole nine antique clocks worth £50,000 from the Foreign Office?
26 Jun 2020 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
Who stole nine antique clocks worth £50,000 from the Foreign Office?
Annual fraud data shows lost phones, online shopping sprees and some mysterious missing timepieces
Call for inquiry into Dominic Cummings’s centralisation of special advisers
25 Jun 2020 HR
Call for inquiry into Dominic Cummings’s centralisation of special advisers
Letter to PACAC comes as PM’s senior adviser hints at “hard rain coming” for civil service