Major civil service job cuts on the table amid 'budget pressures', Dowden confirms
27 Jan Civil Service Reform

Major civil service job cuts on the table amid 'budget pressures', Dowden confirms

Minister says the "only difference" to scrapped 91,000 cuts plan "is we will be driven by outcomes”
by Tevye Markson
Prospect union launches strike ballot over civil service pay
27 Jan HR
Prospect union launches strike ballot over civil service pay
Home Office U-turns on Windrush inquiry recommendations
27 Jan Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office U-turns on Windrush inquiry recommendations
Gove mangles Places for Growth figures in speech gaffe
27 Jan Civil Service Reform
Gove mangles Places for Growth figures in speech gaffe
HMRC trials annual leave selling scheme
18 Jan HR
HMRC trials annual leave selling scheme
PCS union says scheme's timing "seems cynical, given the current cost-of-living crisis"
EXCL: Tens of thousands more civil servants to vote on strikes later this month Exclusive
17 Jan Civil Service Reform
EXCL: Tens of thousands more civil servants to vote on strikes later this month
Prospect union could join PCS strikes, with UKHSA, DSTL and Met Office among employers in formal ballot
HMRC reviews contact-centre resilience after ‘multiple service incidents’
17 Jan Digital, Data & Technology
HMRC reviews contact-centre resilience after ‘multiple service incidents’
Assessment was commenced shortly after five days of outages – but identified ‘no immediate concern’, according to supplier
Civil service leaders are ‘focused on’ staff pay, MoJ perm sec says
17 Jan HR
Civil service leaders are ‘focused on’ staff pay, MoJ perm sec says
Antonia Romeo says wages and career progression concerns dominated Civil Service People Survey feedback
Fast streamers vote to strike for first time ever over stagnant pay
17 Jan Civil Service Reform
Fast streamers vote to strike for first time ever over stagnant pay
FDA union says Fast Stream members are "tired of empty promises" after pay rises just 3.7% in 12 years
Cabinet Office offers £61k for deputy civil service comms head
17 Jan Communications
Cabinet Office offers £61k for deputy civil service comms head
Communications directorate is “looking to enhance” its capability, including its advice to top officials
Nearly 700 DWP staff take voluntary redundancy amid office-closure programme
16 Jan HR
Nearly 700 DWP staff take voluntary redundancy amid office-closure programme
More than 400 jobs still at risk, minister says, while MPs raise concern about loss of specialist skills
Frontline officials to be trained to identify signs of economic abuse
16 Jan Operational Delivery
Frontline officials to be trained to identify signs of economic abuse
Civil servants in HMRC, DWP and elsewhere will be given toolkit to help identify victims and offer support
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – January 16
16 Jan HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – January 16
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Sunak must press on with civil service reform, IfG director warns
13 Jan HR
Sunak must press on with civil service reform, IfG director warns
Hannah White says progress with combatting churn and bringing in outside expertise could be “valuable legacy” for PM
Consultants to aid push for ‘better, smaller and fairer' Cabinet Office by 2025
13 Jan Commercial
Consultants to aid push for ‘better, smaller and fairer' Cabinet Office by 2025
CO2025 reform programme is intended to deliver a "slimmed-down, high-performance" Cabinet Office
Treasury’s top economic adviser to leave for OECD
13 Jan Economics
Treasury’s top economic adviser to leave for OECD
Clare Lombardelli will become OECD chief economist in spring, after 18 years in the civil service
HMRC not deploying enough staff to tackle £42bn tax gap, MPs say
12 Jan Finance
HMRC not deploying enough staff to tackle £42bn tax gap, MPs say
"Eye-watering" sum owed in unpaid taxes could have helped fill "public spending black hole", PAC says
Civil service pay talks branded a 'farce' as unions say Cabinet Office minister had 'nothing to offer'
12 Jan HR
Civil service pay talks branded a 'farce' as unions say Cabinet Office minister had 'nothing to offer'
Further strike action threatened as unions criticise lack of offer to address their pay and conditions concerns
100,000 civil servants to strike in one-day action in February
12 Jan HR
100,000 civil servants to strike in one-day action in February
PCS: “We warned the government our dispute would escalate if they did not listen – and we’re as good as our word"
Anti-strike legislation 'reprehensible and vindictive', union says
11 Jan HR
Anti-strike legislation 'reprehensible and vindictive', union says
PCS pledges to fight bill aimed at maintaining minimum service levels in Border Force and elsewhere
ONS ranked among UK's best places to work
11 Jan HR
ONS ranked among UK's best places to work
Glassdoor reviews of Office for National Statistics cite flexible working and work-life balance among perks
Heywood Foundation names latest fellow
11 Jan Education
Heywood Foundation names latest fellow
Jonathan Black takes up research posting created in memory of late cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood
Senior Civil Servant backs Active Wellbeing as it returns bigger than ever Partner Content
11 Jan Health & Social Care
Senior Civil Servant backs Active Wellbeing as it returns bigger than ever
CSSC’s flagship wellbeing campaign will run for a full month in 2023
'Compelling' communicator sought to lead government digital and data strategy
11 Jan Digital, Data & Technology
'Compelling' communicator sought to lead government digital and data strategy
Cabinet Office unit seeks strategy and projects leader – in a role first advertised as a 10-year assignment
Get out of listening mode and put money on the table to end pay strikes, civil service unions tell ministers
10 Jan HR
Get out of listening mode and put money on the table to end pay strikes, civil service unions tell ministers
Industrial action will not be avoided without "meaningful" pay proposals, unions tell Jeremy Quin
DLUHC ‘making progress’ with skills challenges, says perm sec
10 Jan HR
DLUHC ‘making progress’ with skills challenges, says perm sec
Jeremy Pocklington also admits that inflation pressures are hitting levelling-up projects
Northern Ireland civil servants could join strikes over 'offensive' sub-2% pay offer
09 Jan Finance
Northern Ireland civil servants could join strikes over 'offensive' sub-2% pay offer
Union urges members to reject "derisory" offer of £552 pay rise and vote on industrial action
HMRC among most-impersonated agencies by cyber-scammers
09 Jan Communications
HMRC among most-impersonated agencies by cyber-scammers
Cyber intelligence unit reveals the government brands most often cited in attempted fraud and hacking