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    Boris Johnson says Sedwill's resignation was reason for Partygate event held a month before cab sec quit
    23 Mar Coronavirus

    Boris Johnson says Sedwill's resignation was reason for Partygate event held a month before cab sec quit

    MPs lose patience with ex-PM's reliance on "flimsy" assurances from advisers that Covid rules were followed in heated hearing
    by Beckie Smith
    Home Office spends a third of UK foreign aid budget 'without effective oversight'
    29 Mar Foreign Affairs
    Home Office spends a third of UK foreign aid budget 'without effective oversight'
    Work starts on £6m cross-government digital system to help civil servants move between departments
    29 Mar Civil Service Reform
    Work starts on £6m cross-government digital system to help civil servants move between departments
    ‘No target for civil service job cuts doesn’t mean no cuts’, minister tells MPs
    29 Mar HR
    ‘No target for civil service job cuts doesn’t mean no cuts’, minister tells MPs
    Special report: The Treasury’s numbers – and the departments’ reactions
    03 Nov 2010 Commercial
    Special report: The Treasury’s numbers – and the departments’ reactions

    Ben Willis examines how the administration budget cuts build on previous efficiency drives – and names the departments forging ahead with savings.


    03 Nov 2010 Health & Social Care
    Frontline: Residential care worker

    This week’s interviewee works for a charity providing social care for people leaving psychiatric hospitals


    21 Oct 2010 Education
    Frontline: Academy teacher

    A teacher reflects on how turning a school into one of New Labour’s academies affects the quality of the teaching, the management – and the logos


    Interview: Helen Ghosh
    06 Oct 2010 Energy & Environment
    Interview: Helen Ghosh

    At Defra, Helen Ghosh ditched Whitehall’s traditional departmental structure in favour of a fluid, project-based system. Now, she tells Matt Ross, we’re facing an even greater revolution in relations between the centre and the front line


    22 Sep 2010 Justice & Home Affairs
    Frontline: Probation officer trainer

    This week’s interviewee is a probation officer with nearly 30 years’ experience – both in the field, and as a trainer


    Education: ministerial profiles
    19 Aug 2010 Education
    Education: ministerial profiles

    Michael Gove’s flagship reform of the school system is well under way, but questions have been raised over the pace of change and the funding to back up long-standing policy pledges. Suzannah Brecknell reports.


    Treasury: Ministerial profiles
    19 Aug 2010 Economy
    Treasury: Ministerial profiles

    As the spending review rolls on, cross-departmental working seems to be on the agenda at the Treasury. Suzannah Brecknell reports.


    19 Aug 2010 Health & Social Care
    Frontline: Practice manager

    This week’s interviewee is a practice manager, responsible for the business and operational management of a major GP partnership


    Frontline: Learning support assistant, 2010
    14 Jul 2010 Education
    Frontline: Learning support assistant, 2010

    This week’s interviewee works as a learning support assistant in a large city comprehensive school


    The battle for hearts and minds
    28 Jun 2010 Security & Defence
    The battle for hearts and minds

    The new National Security Council will draw a range of departments into crucial decisions on security. Matt Ross reports on the coalition’s attempt to win cross-government consensus in a complex and unpredictable world.


    18 Jun 2010 Economy
    Salaries in the spotlight

    What does the list of the 172 highest-earning public servants tell us about the upper echelons of government? Suzannah Brecknell reports.


    Frontline: General practicioner
    16 Jun 2010 Health & Social Care
    Frontline: General practicioner

    This week’s interviewee is a GP with more than 20 years’ experience as a partner in an urban practice


    02 Jun 2010 Finance
    A cut above

    No-one now doubts that Britain faces an era of public spending cuts – but we won’t be the first country to have dealt with them. Matthew O’Toole finds some encouraging examples of how other nations have coped in tough times.


    Interview: Tony Grayling
    21 Apr 2010 Energy & Environment
    Interview: Tony Grayling

    April saw the launch of a scheme which will result in departments paying tariffs for all their carbon emissions. The Environment Agency’s Tony Grayling tells Ruth Keeling about a radical move to improve sustainability


    Interview: Sir John Elvidge
    21 Apr 2010 Leadership
    Interview: Sir John Elvidge

    If the election produces a hung Parliament, civil servants will look to Scotland, which has seen both a coalition and a minority government. Ruth Keeling gets some tips from its permanent secretary, Sir John Elvidge


    Interview: Michael Heseltine - 45 years in a rough, tough business
    08 Apr 2010 Economy
    Interview: Michael Heseltine - 45 years in a rough, tough business

    Elected to the Commons in 1966 and a veteran of eight ministerial jobs, Michael Heseltine brought down one prime minister and became the deputy of the next. The businessman politician talks to Matt Ross


    Interview: Stephen Lovegrove
    24 Mar 2010 Economy
    Interview: Stephen Lovegrove

    Stephen Lovegrove, the former banker running the Shareholder Executive, must dispose of high-value government assets such as the Channel Tunnel rail link. He tells Matthew O’Toole it will take expertise, but also good timing


    Interview: Matthew Rycroft
    10 Mar 2010 Foreign Affairs
    Interview: Matthew Rycroft

    Matthew Rycroft, who heads up EU policy at the foreign office, hopes to move the union on from a decade of institutional wrangling to tackle strategic issues. He tells Matthew O’Toole why it’s time to focus on the big picture



     


    Interview: Theresa May
    10 Mar 2010 Education
    Interview: Theresa May

    The government has been moving in the right direction on welfare and benefits reform, shadow work and pensions secretary Theresa May tells Matt Ross; it just hasn’t been doing so very cleverly, or very quickly


    Interview: Sir Leigh Lewis
    10 Mar 2010 Education
    Interview: Sir Leigh Lewis

    Sir Leigh Lewis, permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions, is not a noisy or aggressive individual. Nonetheless, he tells Matt Ross, he’s at the forefront of a revolution underway in the civil service


    10 Mar 2010 Energy & Environment
    Interview: Adrian Belton

    The Food and Environment Research Agency was launched with dreams of commercial development – into the teeth of the financial crisis. Chief executive Andrew Belton tells Ruth Keeling that he remains optimistic


    A harder core
    08 Mar 2010 Leadership
    A harder core

    A new report from influential think-tank the Institute for Government recommends a stronger, strategy-setting centre of government. Many see the logic, but wonder how it could be achieved. Matthew O’Toole reports.


    Interview: Phillippa Stroud
    24 Feb 2010 Justice & Home Affairs
    Interview: Phillippa Stroud

    Philippa Stroud is the director of the Centre for Social Justice, which plays a key role in shaping Conservative policy. Matt Ross learns about a strand of Tory thinking that stresses restoration rather than retribution


    Frontline: mental health nurse
    16 Feb 2010 Health & Social Care
    Frontline: mental health nurse

    This week, a former mental health nurse explains why she left the profession just seven months after qualifying.


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