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Government should be trialling use of distributed ledger technologies to improve welfare payments, according to a report published today
Special report: The civil service is getting happier, according to its most recent People Survey. Suzannah Brecknell explores what else the survey tells us about change and engagement across government
The Department for Transport has addressed the causes of the failed West Coast rail franchise, the NAO spending watchdog finds – but risks remain to future competitions as work on HS2 delays the new West Coast franchise by six months
Think tank advises greater pay freedom and a focus on recruitment, not training, to support civil service reform
Decentralisation will not be a "panacea" for improved public services, think tank warns
Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock sets up a new group to help departments to become "intelligent consumers of their own data" – and promises lunchtime coding groups for civil servants. Audience members at the Open Data Institute meanwhile quiz him on the privatisation of the Postcode Address File
Chatham House urges protection of FCO – while officials reportedly say they are "confident" of a good outcome at the Spending Review
Report by the National Audit Office spending watchdog finds that charity received £46m of public funding over 15 years
Institute for Government finds it is "much harder than it should be" to establish evidence base for public policymaking – and launches new tool to help officials
Work and pensions committee report calls for simplified payment structure and better categorisation of participants
Deloitte’s annual State of the State report on what the next government must consider when creating its public sector reform programmes
Some view mutuals as a brave new world; others, as a sneaky way to push privatisation. CSW hears from those who’ve made the leap.
Iain Rennie, state services commissioner at the New Zealand Government, tells Civil Service World about the strengths and weaknesses of his home civil service
But the perm sec diversity champion has a sceptical audience.
Jaime Perez-Renovales, subsecretary to the Presidency, Spanish Government, tells Civil Service World about the strengths and weaknesses of his home civil service
Top New Zealand official Iain Rennie is reforming a system often lauded in the UK. Suzannah Brecknell reports