'Good people are trapped inside the system': minister for reform blasts 'broken' civil service
06 Oct 2020 Civil Service Reform
'Good people are trapped inside the system': minister for reform blasts 'broken' civil service
Lord Agnew criticises dearth of commercial skills and excess of "urban metropolitan thinkers"
Darlington tipped as site for Treasury's northern campus
05 Oct 2020 Civil Service Reform
Darlington tipped as site for Treasury's northern campus
Covid-19 remote working arrangements prove civil servants don't need to be in London, Gove says
Ministers admit it’s too early to know cost of merging FCO and DfID
05 Oct 2020 Civil Service Reform
Ministers admit it’s too early to know cost of merging FCO and DfID
Committee chair “astonished” government failed to consult stakeholders before announcing creation of FCDO
Home Office culture change pledge branded 'laughable' as government considers offshore detention centres
01 Oct 2020 Civil Service Reform
Home Office culture change pledge branded 'laughable' as government considers offshore detention centres
Human rights group criticises "improvement plan" amid reports officials considered putting asylum seekers on oil rigs
Civil service “infantilised” by use of consultants, Cabinet Office minister says
30 Sep 2020 Civil Service Reform
Civil service “infantilised” by use of consultants, Cabinet Office minister says
Letter seen by the Guardian criticises official capacity to deliver Brexit
Cabinet Office commissions pay benchmarking study to give 'assurance and transparency' for top roles
23 Sep 2020 Civil Service Reform
Cabinet Office commissions pay benchmarking study to give 'assurance and transparency' for top roles
Review will provide 2020 data to support senior and delegated grade recruitment for 47 departments
‘PM must choose’: Johnson faces further calls to clarify Dido Harding’s role
22 Sep 2020 Civil Service Reform
‘PM must choose’: Johnson faces further calls to clarify Dido Harding’s role
Dual work as public-health head and Conservative peer ‘blurs the fundamental distinction that officials cannot act in a party political way’, Downing Street is warned
Government accused of breaking civil service rules on Harding appointment
21 Sep 2020 Civil Service Reform
Government accused of breaking civil service rules on Harding appointment
Appointing Dido Harding to head up the National Institute for Health Protection is a breach of the civil service code, Labour peers claim
Boris Johnson says civil service must ‘respond faster and better’ to needs of public
17 Sep 2020 Civil Service Reform
Boris Johnson says civil service must ‘respond faster and better’ to needs of public
Prime minister tells watchdog MPs he is not “shy of reform” but insists changes won’t be made in a “spirit of disapproval”
DCMS to plan for 'increased responsibilities' amid Covid in five-year organisational blueprint
17 Sep 2020 Civil Service Reform
DCMS to plan for 'increased responsibilities' amid Covid in five-year organisational blueprint
US-based consultancy Bain will work on a cost plan as part of the review in £900k deal
Cummings never forecast a 'hard rain' for Whitehall, Gove claims
11 Sep 2020 Civil Service Reform
Cummings never forecast a 'hard rain' for Whitehall, Gove claims
Cabinet Office minister tells MPs No.10 chief adviser's weather warning was misheard
New cab sec: 'We need to pull out all the stops to deliver what the public expects'
09 Sep 2020 Civil Service Reform
New cab sec: 'We need to pull out all the stops to deliver what the public expects'
In his first message to officials, Simon Case says he wants to "modernise" the civil service
Tory grandee Francis Maude gets second run at civil service reform
21 Aug 2020 Civil Service Reform
Tory grandee Francis Maude gets second run at civil service reform
Ex-Cabinet Office minister and Conservative peer brought in to lead Cabinet Office review
Jenkin speaks out over scapegoating of civil servants
21 Aug 2020 Civil Service Reform
Jenkin speaks out over scapegoating of civil servants
Chair of parliament’s powerful Liaison Committee says ministerial buck-passing risks hampering government’s effectiveness
Kerslake calls for accountability and transparency as civil service reforms gather pace
14 Aug 2020 Civil Service Reform
Kerslake calls for accountability and transparency as civil service reforms gather pace
Former civil service head says the Cummings office move is about power as well as efficiency
Cummings and No.10 policy unit to move to Cabinet Office
13 Aug 2020 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
No.10 urged to clarify who is leading major defence review
13 Aug 2020 Civil Service Reform
No.10 urged to clarify who is leading major defence review
Call made as review calls for evidence submission
Where Dominic Cummings is right, and more: seven things we learned in Mark Sedwill’s CSW exit interview
10 Aug 2020 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
'New radicals': Barclay reveals what Treasury will get and give in Spending Review
29 Jul 2020 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
Fundamental review of civil service pay needed to drive reform: departing Sedwill’s Whitehall reflections
28 Jul 2020 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
Second government hub in Croydon gets go-ahead
23 Jul 2020 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
Treasury confirms £95k redundancy pay cap – one year on from consultation
22 Jul 2020 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
Home Office staff to undergo training on race in 'sweeping' post-Windrush reforms
22 Jul 2020 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”
Civil servants invited to air frustrations as Chisholm reveals 'prospectus for reform'
21 Jul 2020 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