Lord Evans: We don't talk enough about ethics
12 Nov 2025 Civil Service Reform
Lord Evans: We don't talk enough about ethics
Former standards committee chair recalls thinking it was 'laughable' to be told by perm sec there were no ethical issues in their department
ALB leaders: Quango reviews should be shorter and more regular
10 Nov 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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