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    Simon Case denies telling Boris Johnson Partygate gatherings complied with Covid rules
    22 Mar Communications

    Simon Case denies telling Boris Johnson Partygate gatherings complied with Covid rules

    Ex-PM's PPS also "questioned whether it was realistic to argue that all guidance had been followed at all times"
    by Beckie Smith
    Court officials vote to end Common Platform dispute with HMCTS
    22 Mar Digital, Data & Technology
    Court officials vote to end Common Platform dispute with HMCTS
    Industrial strategy ‘chopping and changing’ needs to stop, MPs told
    22 Mar Economy
    Industrial strategy ‘chopping and changing’ needs to stop, MPs told
    Johnson says officials’ advice made him mislead MPs over Partygate gatherings
    21 Mar HR
    Johnson says officials’ advice made him mislead MPs over Partygate gatherings
    Interview: David Halpern
    07 Mar 2012 Economy
    Interview: David Halpern

    The coalition has seized on the work of David Halpern and his Behavioural Insights Team with a vengeance. As Becky Slack finds out, the techniques of ‘nudge’ are set to change policymaking in every corner of government


    22 Feb 2012 Culture
    Theatre Review: The House of Bernada Alba

    Almeida Theatre, Islington

    www.almeida.co.uk

    Until 10 March


    Frontline: Paramedic
    22 Feb 2012 Analysis
    Frontline: Paramedic

    Different targets and better joint working between health and social care agencies would improve the ambulance service, says this week’s Frontliner


    Opinion: Times are tough but the civil service must seize the reform nettle
    22 Feb 2012 Analysis
    Opinion: Times are tough but the civil service must seize the reform nettle

    When I joined the CSW team in June 2010, the Efficiency and Reform Group had just been created, the civil service had 43,000 more employees, and IT contract renegotiations were but a glint in Francis Maude’s eye. Since then the civil service has – while developing a brand new set of policies – experienced wholesale reforms in fields such as pensions, redundancy pay, training and HR, and the ERG has delivered £8.75bn of savings. Even if you don’t agree with everything that’s being done, the pace of change is impressive.


    Info commissioner criticises FoI ‘nonsense’ by ‘Whitehall insiders’
    22 Feb 2012
    Info commissioner criticises FoI ‘nonsense’ by ‘Whitehall insiders’

    Christopher Graham, the information commissioner, has criticised the “nonsense” from some civil servants who claim that the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) threatens good government.


    Cable defies BIS select committee
    22 Feb 2012 Education
    Cable defies BIS select committee

    Vince Cable has ignored the advice of the Commons’ Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and appointed Professor Les Ebdon as director of fair access to higher education.


    22 Feb 2012 Justice & Home Affairs
    Missing people legislation needed

    The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) should introduce new legislation to make it easier for families to settle the affairs of missing relatives, the Justice Select Committee has said.


    Interview: the select few
    22 Feb 2012 Commercial
    Interview: the select few

    After nearly 22 months, the Commons select committees’ first elected chairs have had plenty of time to size up their Whitehall counterparts. Joshua Chambers asked them how the departments they watch have been performing


    Government launches CloudStore for public sector to buy software online
    22 Feb 2012 Digital, Data & Technology
    Government launches CloudStore for public sector to buy software online

    An online platform through which public sector organisations can purchase software was launched on Sunday.


    Exclusive: Civil service commissioner calls for Treasury tax review extension
    22 Feb 2012 Economy
    Exclusive: Civil service commissioner calls for Treasury tax review extension

    First civil service commissioner Sir David Normington has called for the Treasury’s scoping review of tax arrangements across the senior civil service to be extended, to ascertain whether the people involved are full civil servants or interim managers.


    Exclusive: Committee chairs criticise departmental report responses
    22 Feb 2012 Commercial
    Exclusive: Committee chairs criticise departmental report responses

    Departmental select committee chairs have provided mixed reviews of the departments they scrutinise for a Civil Service World Special Report, which has found that 40 per cent of them are dissatisfied with departments’ responses to their reports.


    A green light for buying British
    22 Feb 2012 Commercial
    A green light for buying British

    The loss of a train construction contract overseas has left coalition ministers arguing that civil servants should hand more contracts to UK firms. Stuart Watson examines the room for manoeuvre available within EU rules.



     


    Pub Review: Old Star
    22 Feb 2012 Culture
    Pub Review: Old Star

    66 Broadway, Westminster

    London SW1H 1DB


    Interview: Robin Evans
    22 Feb 2012 Commercial
    Interview: Robin Evans

    British Waterways chief Robin Evans has spent years campaigning for the public corporation to become a charitable trust. He tells Matt Ross why our canals are set to thrive outside the illusory security of government ownership


    Decision time at the data floodgates
    13 Feb 2012 Digital, Data & Technology
    Decision time at the data floodgates

    The government has just published the submissions to its open data consultation. Mark Rowe learns about the many and varied pressures on the Cabinet Office's transparency team, charged with finding a way forwards


    Kerslake: ‘Focus on restoring pride’
    08 Feb 2012 Leadership
    Kerslake: ‘Focus on restoring pride’

    Civil service leaders must praise good work, support employee development and remain “visible and understanding” to address the problem that civil servants are becoming less proud of their organisation, according to civil service head Sir Bob Kerslake.


    08 Feb 2012 Culture
    Whisky Review: Highland Park 18 Years

    Subtlety is a rare but valuable characteristic. A little nuance never does any harm, while a gung-ho machismo can get you in all sorts of trouble.


    Opinion: Lord Ara Darzi
    08 Feb 2012 Analysis
    Opinion: Lord Ara Darzi

    The civil service has to develop specialist policymaking skills, says Lord Darzi – and that requires topical professional qualifications


    Frontline: Hospital doctor
    08 Feb 2012 Health & Social Care
    Frontline: Hospital doctor

    A doctor says the NHS’s priorities are all wrong: pettifogging rules are rigorously enforced, but the Working Time Directive is pretty much ignored


    Tory ideas man speaks out against immigration cap
    08 Feb 2012 Economy
    Tory ideas man speaks out against immigration cap

    Leading Tory thinker Nick Boles has challenged the government’s immigration cap, arguing that the policy threatens the ability of Britain’s universities to contribute to economic growth.


    Charities fear unfair competition after open data consultation
    08 Feb 2012
    Charities fear unfair competition after open data consultation

    Voluntary sector bodies are warning that Cabinet Office plans to dramatically broaden access to public data may end up putting charities and social enterprises at a disadvantage in the competition for service delivery contracts, as private companies plead commercial confidentiality to evade new transparency rules.


    O’Brien to become new CSBF chair
    08 Feb 2012
    O’Brien to become new CSBF chair

    Una O’Brien, permanent secretary at the Department of Health, is to be the next chair of the Civil Service Benevolent Fund.


    08 Feb 2012 Digital, Data & Technology
    New website test version launched

    The government moved a step closer to its new single website last week, when gov.uk was launched: a ‘beta’ test version of the replacement for the directgov and businesslink sites, the site contains information on 667 common requests or services such as bank holiday dates or maternity leave entitlement.


    Dorrell: integrate care purchasing
    08 Feb 2012 Commercial
    Dorrell: integrate care purchasing

    Whitehall should better coordinate policy across health, social housing and social care services, while local commissioning bodies should integrate social care with healthcare commissioning, according to a report published today by the Commons health committee.


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