ALB leaders: Quango reviews should be shorter and more regular
10 Nov Civil Service Reform
ALB leaders: Quango reviews should be shorter and more regular
Chief execs and chairs of public bodies says ALB reviews don't happen often enough are usually too time-consuming when they do happen
'Height of irresponsibility': Union slams Reform's proposed public sector pensions overhaul
06 Nov Civil Service Reform
'Height of irresponsibility': Union slams Reform's proposed public sector pensions overhaul
Deputy leader Richard Tice suggests putting all new public servants onto defined contribution schemes
Think tank floats plans for standalone Department for the Prime Minister
04 Nov Civil Service Reform
Think tank floats plans for standalone Department for the Prime Minister
Former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara led work on the proposals
Rachel Reeves says Autumn Budget will 'protect public services from return to austerity'
04 Nov Civil Service Reform
Rachel Reeves says Autumn Budget will 'protect public services from return to austerity'
Chancellor also pledges to "root out waste wherever I find it" as she warns of "years of economic mismanagement"
PCS decides against national pay campaign 'for now'
30 Oct Civil Service Reform
PCS decides against national pay campaign 'for now'
Union says Cabinet Office has recognised "problems caused by years of pay restraint" and need for "greater standardisation"
Public 'doubt' civil service can solve Britain’s biggest problems
30 Oct Civil Service Reform
Public 'doubt' civil service can solve Britain’s biggest problems
Civil servants are ‘bureaucratic, political, stuck in their ways – and professional’, public tells poll
Heywood Fellow calls for new strategy-focused No.10-HM Treasury unit
29 Oct Civil Service Reform
Heywood Fellow calls for new strategy-focused No.10-HM Treasury unit
Former Defra DG also argues case for new national school of government in "playbook for national strategy"
PM asks Ethics and Integrity Commission to help public bodies create duty of candour codes
29 Oct Civil Service Reform
PM asks Ethics and Integrity Commission to help public bodies create duty of candour codes
Ethics body chair Doug Chalmers says “pressures and uncertainty” can make it difficult for public servants to do their jobs well
Unions slam Reform plans to politicise and cut civil service
29 Oct Civil Service Reform
Unions slam Reform plans to politicise and cut civil service
Reform UK says it wants to shut six Whitehall offices, give ministers powers to hire and fire civil servants and ban "DEI woke agenda"
Think tank welcomes 'relaxation' of rules on civil servants speaking in public
24 Oct Civil Service Reform
Think tank welcomes 'relaxation' of rules on civil servants speaking in public
Minister says rules have been clarified and it is “important for civil servants to speak in public about matters for which they have responsibility"
Home Office 'not yet fit for purpose', Shabana Mahmood says
23 Oct Civil Service Reform
Home Office 'not yet fit for purpose', Shabana Mahmood says
Mahmood says she is working with Dame Antonia Romeo “to transform the Home Office" in response to release of critical 2023 report
Civil Service Awards 2025 shortlist announced
22 Oct Civil Service Reform
Civil Service Awards 2025 shortlist announced
Home Office is most-shortlisted department, with seven nominations at this year's 20th anniversary ceremony
Building Digital UK to become unit within DSIT in latest quango closure
15 Oct Civil Service Reform
Building Digital UK to become unit within DSIT in latest quango closure
Digital and data minister says integration will embed expertise at the heart of government
The end of Acoba: Restructure alone 'is not enough', says final chair
14 Oct Civil Service Reform
The end of Acoba: Restructure alone 'is not enough', says final chair
Isabel Doverty says post-government jobs rules must be simplified and strengthened, including more "commitment" from departments
NICS union seeks ‘inflation plus 3%’ pay rises
30 Sep Civil Service Reform
NICS union seeks ‘inflation plus 3%’ pay rises
NIPSA to submit pay claim seeking "inflation plus 3%" for each of the next three years
Politicians won't be part of new civil service revolving-doors regulation system
29 Sep Civil Service Reform
Politicians won't be part of new civil service revolving-doors regulation system
Nick Thomas-Symonds says political membership system on Acoba cannot continue when Civil Service Commission takes over post-government jobs function
Fast Stream gets biggest ever number of applicants Exclusive
26 Sep Civil Service Reform
Fast Stream gets biggest ever number of applicants
More than 70,000 apply for 2025 Fast Stream intake, newly-published data shows
'Dangerously violent': Unions slam Arron Banks' comments on civil servants
25 Sep Civil Service Reform
'Dangerously violent': Unions slam Arron Banks' comments on civil servants
Unions hit out at comments from Banks comparing Reform's approach to the civil service with the Bolshevik murders of intellectuals in 1917
Cabinet Office lauds 'biggest ever' fraud crackdown
24 Sep Civil Service Reform
Cabinet Office lauds 'biggest ever' fraud crackdown
Minister Josh Simons describes the £480m saved in 2024-25 "the toughest ever crackdown on fraud"
Fiona Ryland to step down as government chief people officer
22 Sep Civil Service Reform
Fiona Ryland to step down as government chief people officer
Ryland says she is "immensely proud" of achievements delivered during her three-year tenure
Sue Gray questions decision to limit internship scheme to working-class students
04 Sep Civil Service Reform
Sue Gray questions decision to limit internship scheme to working-class students
"I would have found it really difficult when I joined the civil service to not have been exposed to a wider group," former senior civil servant says
‘One of the most exciting roles in the civil service’: Government seeks new Places for Growth director
03 Sep Civil Service Reform
‘One of the most exciting roles in the civil service’: Government seeks new Places for Growth director
Job advert offers 98,000 - £162,500 salary bracket for the role leading on "high priority programme"
Government warned of need to go 'further and faster' to improve data security
01 Sep Civil Service Reform
Government warned of need to go 'further and faster' to improve data security
Government says it has implemented 12 of 14 recommendations from previously-secret information security review
Civil Service Commission to take on post-government jobs function from mid-September
29 Aug Civil Service Reform
Civil Service Commission to take on post-government jobs function from mid-September
Acoba announces transition arrangements ahead of its abolition