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If set up properly and honoured, pay review bodies deliver better results for officials. Now all we need is for ministers to stop ignoring their advice…

Tax agency declares city base structurally complete and ready for fit-out

Cabinet secretary says government will boost messages to urge businesses and citizens to prepare for possible no-deal EU exit next month

Department ramps up number of locations offering support with applications to about 150 – although Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are comparatively poorly served

As Civil Service World celebrates its 15th anniversary, Beckie Smith has trawled the archives for some of our most memorable moments. Here’s some of our lighter (battered) moments

Tax agency says only 17% of businesses have vital trading registration for no-deal Brexit 

Ex-civil service chief says reforms are needed to increase the public’s trust in government and over how public services are funded

Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden hails nominees as examples for all of government as it works towards 2022 smart working target 

While looking back through our archives sometimes shows how much things have changed, at other times it shows how much they’ve stayed the same. Barely an issue of this publication has gone to press without some mention of a pay dispute or procurement woes. Other thorns in the side of the civil service have simply grown bigger and more painful.

Government highlights that communications urging businesses to prepare for no-deal are “not having the intended effect”

Kathryn Cearns will replace Angela Knight in the tax office next month

As Civil Service World celebrates its 15th anniversary, Beckie Smith has trawled the archives for some of our most memorable moments.

Move expected as ministers threaten to quit if prime minister does not rule out leaving the EU without an agreement

As Civil Service World celebrates its 15th anniversary, Beckie Smith has trawled the archives for some of our most memorable moments. All this week we’ll be sharing the best bits from articles and interviews, as well as some of the jargon that has stood the test of time.

Tax agency says that it expects an increase in call centre inquiries as the UK leaves the European Union

SD-WAN is poised to transform the network. BT shows how you cut through the hype to work out what form of SD-WAN is right for your organisation.

As Civil Service World celebrates its 15th anniversary, Beckie Smith has trawled the archives for some of our most memorable moments. All this week we’ll be sharing the best bits from articles and interviews, as well as some of the jargon that has stood the test of time. First up: some of our interviewees before they were (more) famous

Possible revival of care cap plan would ‘confer a significant benefit to the well-off at the expense of the general taxpayer’, Matt Hancock has told Theresa May

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

But department gives no details on security of funding following “successful pilot period”

Government will also provide free access to learning apps

First minister Nicola Sturgeon says she “is absolutely determined to increase the number of people from ethnic minorities who work in the organisation”

The outgoing chief executive of The Whitehall & Industry Group – and a former senior civil servant in several departments – sits down with Suzannah Brecknell to discuss international negotiations, super departments, and the perils of hierarchies

Formal reform plan published as Serco chief says outsourcer has recovered from “dark night of the soul”