Suzannah Brecknell & Matt Foster

Budget 2017: Treasury urged to avert 'disastrous' public service failures – as departments asked to model latest cuts
28 Feb 2017 Education
Budget 2017: Treasury urged to avert "disastrous" public service failures – as departments asked to model latest cuts

IfG and CIPFA data reveals growing pressure on key public services, as the Treasury asks departments to crack on with pre-announced £3.5bn in efficiency savings by 2019/20
Union slams “deafening silence” of ministers as civil service attacked over Ivan Rogers resignation
04 Jan 2017 Brexit
Union slams “deafening silence” of ministers as civil service attacked over Ivan Rogers resignation

FDA chief Dave Penman calls on ministers to publicly defend civil servants following criticism of outgoing UK ambassador to the European Union Ivan Rogers
Grade 6 pay down by almost a fifth in real-terms since 2011, warns Prospect union
10 Nov 2016 Economics
Grade 6 pay down by almost a fifth in real-terms since 2011, warns Prospect union

Union research shows Grade 6 staff have seen a 16% pay cut in take-home pay since 2011, amid warnings that rises at lower grades will fail to keep pace with the National Living Wage
Margaret Hodge: accountability system for civil servants is “broken” — but MPs are more interested in new policies than value for money
04 Mar 2016 Civil Service Reform
Margaret Hodge: accountability system for civil servants is “broken” — but MPs are more interested in new policies than value for money

Former PAC chair Margaret Hodge questions whether ministerial accountability system is fit for purpose and warns MPs are more interested in new policies than scrutinising spending. But her warnings over civil service capability are challenged by a senior Ministry of Defence offficial