Civil Service Reform news for those working in the Civil Service

13 Aug Civil Service Reform

Cummings and No.10 policy unit to move to Cabinet Office

The move is seen as part of Cummings-inspired government changes as top adviser has long wanted more control over the civil service by Downing Street

13 Aug Civil Service Reform

No.10 urged to clarify who is leading major defence review

Call made as review calls for evidence submission

10 Aug Civil Service Reform

Where Dominic Cummings is right, and more: seven things we learned in Mark Sedwill’s CSW exit interview

Sir Mark Sedwill will soon leave the civil service’s top jobs – cabinet secretary, head of the civil service and national security adviser. He has reflected on his time at the top of government with CSW, and here is some of what we found out

29 Jul Civil Service Reform

'New radicals': Barclay reveals what Treasury will get and give in Spending Review

Chief secretary reveals a civil servant found £1.3bn in savings as he sets out plans for better use of data

28 Jul Civil Service Reform

Fundamental review of civil service pay needed to drive reform: departing Sedwill’s Whitehall reflections

Cabinet secretary sets out possible roadmap for government, including new model to drive service integration and performance framework

23 Jul Civil Service Reform

Second government hub in Croydon gets go-ahead

GPA contractors begin work on Croydon hub, with Home Office officials to start move by 2024

22 Jul Civil Service Reform

Treasury confirms £95k redundancy pay cap – one year on from consultation

Treasury says government will take forward proposals to limit public sector payoffs

22 Jul Civil Service Reform

Home Office staff to undergo training on race in 'sweeping' post-Windrush reforms

Home Office will also review hostile environment policy so “no one with a legal right to be here is wrongly penalised”

21 Jul Civil Service Reform

Civil servants invited to air frustrations as Chisholm reveals 'prospectus for reform'

"This is a call to join a movement, not a top-down initiative," COO tells officials

17 Jul Civil Service Reform

MPs slam Boris Johnson’s ‘impulsive’ decision to merge DfID with the Foreign Office

Government urged to retain the ICAI aid watchdog after overseas aid department's abolition

16 Jul Civil Service Reform

Cabinet Office urged to review pay disparities of up to £56,000 for specialist staff

Pay flexibility so departments can recruit and retain staff prompts "workforce issues" and concern about "internal markets", NAO says

15 Jul Civil Service Reform

Chisholm takes on churn and ‘costly, inefficient processes’ in the civil service

Coronavirus crisis has added "renewed weight" to the imperative for reform, COO says

13 Jul Civil Service Reform

Gove reaffirms plans to move officials out of London amid report of new York hub

Senior officials already sizing up properties on Rightmove, according to The Times

06 Jul Civil Service Reform

Michael Gove on No.10 adviser Dominic Cummings: blunt, original and not always right

Cabinet Office minister also reveals some top officials provided feedback to landmark reform speech

06 Jul Civil Service Reform

Government confirms comms reform drive

PM’s official spokesperson says work will begin this week to move to a single employer for government communication service

03 Jul Civil Service Reform

Government plans televised media briefings in major civil service comms shake-up

Reports say No.10 wants to slim down departmental communications and centralise PR

30 Jun Civil Service Reform

Gove pledges to reform civil service training and 'whirligig of transfers and promotions'

Government needs a “proper, and properly-resourced campus for training”, Cabinet Office minister says

28 Jun Civil Service Reform

Mark Sedwill to step down as cabinet secretary as Boris Johnson eyes major Whitehall shake-up

Sedwill will be nominated for a life peerage “in recognition of his distinguished service to public life”, Cabinet Office confirms

22 Jun Civil Service Reform

Coronavirus: DWP ‘must not ignore’ people claiming legacy benefits after Universal Credit boost

Recipients of benefits including jobseekers’ allowance and employment support allowance have “slipped down the list of priorities”, says committee chair

09 Jun Civil Service Reform

Scrapping DfID would undermine global Covid-19 fight, MPs warn Boris Johnson

Report comes amid renewed speculation about possible merger with the Foreign Office after appointment of joint ministerial team

21 May Civil Service Reform

How the DVSA uses AI and agile to support ‘a lifetime of driving’

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has already done a great deal of work implementing technology across its operations. But digital chief Alex Fiddes tells Sam Trendall it has even bigger ambitions

06 May Civil Service Reform

Watch: Ex-No.10 strategy chief recalls the crises that created the civil contingency secretariat

Prof Geoff Mulgan, former head of Tony Blair's Strategy Unit, talks to Colin Talbot about how the UK government put in place risk and resilience systems in the early 2000s – and what has gone wrong since. And how governments can improve things for the future.

05 May Civil Service Reform

Home Office pushes on with multimillion-pound digital borders programme

Department seeks partner to support ongoing work to build a range of services