Starmer would create policy delivery unit and slimmed-down 'executive cabinet'
11 Mar 2024 Civil Service Reform
Starmer would create policy delivery unit and slimmed-down 'executive cabinet'
Executive cabinet would make 'most important strategic decisions' in a Labour government
IfG commission recommends new Department for the Civil Service
11 Mar 2024 Civil Service Reform
IfG commission recommends new Department for the Civil Service
Report also calls for a new first secretary of state to the lead the civil service department and a department for the PM and his cabinet
Budget: Departments to develop 'productivity plans' ahead of spending review
06 Mar 2024 Civil Service Reform
Budget: Departments to develop 'productivity plans' ahead of spending review
Jeremy Hunt allocates £800m to boosting productivity across public services
Budget: Funding for anti-fraud AI and DWP service modernisation in public sector productivity drive
04 Mar 2024 Civil Service Reform
Budget: Funding for anti-fraud AI and DWP service modernisation in public sector productivity drive
Chancellor announces drive to save £1.8bn by 2029 ahead of this week's Spring Budget
Glen rejects four-day week proposal
01 Mar 2024 Civil Service Reform
Glen rejects four-day week proposal
PCS accuses minister of ‘political posturing’ and not properly considering a shorter working week
People Survey 2023: Civil servants happier over pay, but still much less satisfied with it than in 2021
01 Mar 2024 Civil Service Reform
People Survey 2023: Civil servants happier over pay, but still much less satisfied with it than in 2021
New question, meanwhile, finds at least 44% of officials say that money worries have affected their ability to do their job
1 Victoria Street closes its doors in 'major step forward' for estate rationalisation
29 Feb 2024 Civil Service Reform
1 Victoria Street closes its doors in 'major step forward' for estate rationalisation
Lease ends on former BEIS HQ as Government Property Agency continues its efforts to shrink the government estate
Dowden: Embracing AI ‘only sustainable route’ to cutting civil service headcount
29 Feb 2024 Civil Service Reform
Dowden: Embracing AI ‘only sustainable route’ to cutting civil service headcount
Cabinet Office secretary says beefed-up AI unit will speed up "dogsbody" tasks
'Quick, sensible' government standards reform can regain public trust, IfG says
26 Feb 2024 Civil Service Reform
'Quick, sensible' government standards reform can regain public trust, IfG says
Think tank suggest "quick-win" reforms as it finds two-thirds of Britons do not think the current government adheres to high ethical standards
PCS gives Cabinet Office pay-or-strikes ultimatum
23 Feb 2024 Civil Service Reform
PCS gives Cabinet Office pay-or-strikes ultimatum
Make an offer "we can accept” or “risk more national strikes”, union warns
Treasury's Cat Little named next civil service chief operating officer
22 Feb 2024 Civil Service Reform
Treasury's Cat Little named next civil service chief operating officer
Little will replace Alex Chisholm in April as Cabinet Office perm sec and civil service COO
Remove trading funds from civil service pay remit process, union urges Exclusive
21 Feb 2024 Civil Service Reform
Remove trading funds from civil service pay remit process, union urges
Prospect also calls for "rapid review" of all ALBs and the case for including them in the pay remit