DWP's new Blackpool office opens amid reports SR25 funding will depend on job relocations
12 May HR

DWP's new Blackpool office opens amid reports SR25 funding will depend on job relocations

3,000 officials will move to Talbot Gateway site as Cabinet Office ups pressure to move jobs "closer to frontline services"
by Beckie Smith
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
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Cabinet Office minister salutes coronation and Sudan efforts as MP complains he was “trolled” by departmental staffer
Whitehall ‘not moving fast enough’ on product-safety reform
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Public Accounts Committee chair voices concerns about pace of progress with 2021 review
Delivery of troubled Home Office comms network programme pushed back to 2029
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Recovering £1.1bn in Covid debts will be ‘incredibly hard’, DBT perm sec admits
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“Loosey-goosey” approach to first wave of business grants created a major obstacle to getting cash back, Davies tells MPs
Stop calling civil servants 'lazy, woke and Machiavellian', union chief tells ministers
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Dave Penman urges Rishi Sunak to show he values government workforce at FDA conference
Civil service walkouts to continue after fresh vote – but DWP staff miss strike threshold
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HMRC proposes expansion of powers for collecting data and accessing third-party IT systems
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HMRC proposes expansion of powers for collecting data and accessing third-party IT systems
Consultation opens over potential legislative changes that would enable tax agency to access cloud storage facilities
'Opening up my door to junior civil servants was powerful,' ex-environment secretary says
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George Eustice extols virtues of interrogating officials who have done 'hard graft to understand an issue'
Senior adviser who 'expected to be made redundant at Christmas' leaving civil service for consultancy
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DfE minister admits ‘challenge’ of Spring Budget childcare offer
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Expansion of 30-hours-a-week entitlement requires renaissance in recruitment, Claire Coutinho tells MPs
DfT names next second perm sec
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Jo Shanmugalingam takes over from permanent secretary Gareth Davies, who moved to trade department last year
Cabinet Office to create register of senior civil servants’ second jobs
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Cabinet Office to create register of senior civil servants’ second jobs
Guidance sets out detailed requirements to disclose senior officials’ employment outside the civil service
Health secretary pushes through NHS pay rise with ministerial direction
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Civil servants among 400,000 to receive coronation medal
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MPs voice fears about Cabinet Office’s latest shared-services drive
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NICS head unpacks impact of power-vacuum budget cuts
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Jayne Brady warns there will be some decisions officials cannot legally make in absence of Northern Ireland Executive
Environment Agency staff extend strike mandate over pay dispute
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MoJ loses appeal over prison-jobs advert banned for racial stereotyping
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Grenfell Inquiry findings ‘won’t be published until 2024’
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Government full FoI responses fall below 40% for first time
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Government full FoI responses fall below 40% for first time
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Anger as NI civil servants are left to find 10% budget cuts
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Government ignores call for ministerial directions in absence of power-sharing executive