Headcount, collaboration and WFH: New Scottish Government perm sec Joe Griffin sets out vision
25 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Headcount, collaboration and WFH: New Scottish Government perm sec Joe Griffin sets out vision
Griffin sets out desire for smaller workforce and explains reasoning behind new hybrid working policy
Treasury working with departments to build integrated finance system
24 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Treasury working with departments to build integrated finance system
Tech will give HMT and departments real-time shared understanding of their performance against budgets and objectives
Hybrid working: 60% in office is Scottish Government’s ‘ultimate aim’
24 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Hybrid working: 60% in office is Scottish Government’s ‘ultimate aim’
FoI documents reveal Scottish Government's office and home-working plans
Ex-cab sec Simon Case: It's 'absolutely right' to cut civil service headcount
23 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Ex-cab sec Simon Case: It's 'absolutely right' to cut civil service headcount
Former head of the civil service also confirms he won't be writing a memoir
Industrial strategy: Civil service reforms aim to build 'enduring partnership' with business
23 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Industrial strategy: Civil service reforms aim to build 'enduring partnership' with business
Strategy contains a series of changes to improve how government works with business, including building up commercial skills and better coordination between departments
Mega projects: Delivery bodies given freedom to set pay for specialist roles
20 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Mega projects: Delivery bodies given freedom to set pay for specialist roles
Government to implement "bespoke" approach to governance and funding for current and future schemes
Keir Starmer asks cab sec to examine damning HS2 review's implications for civil service
19 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Keir Starmer asks cab sec to examine damning HS2 review's implications for civil service
Wormald to assess infrastructure delivery report and consider whether an investigation is needed
NAO boss: Delivery is ‘ultimate test’ for departments’ efficiency plans
19 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
NAO boss: Delivery is ‘ultimate test’ for departments’ efficiency plans
Planned efficiency savings "have too often failed to materialised", Gareth Davies warns
Cabinet Office gets £50m to boost civil service productivity
17 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Cabinet Office gets £50m to boost civil service productivity
Allocation from £3.25bn Transformation Fund will pay for learning-and-development overhaul
'The front line of mission delivery': Sheffield, Leeds and Darlington campuses to lead community-based scheme
16 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
'The front line of mission delivery': Sheffield, Leeds and Darlington campuses to lead community-based scheme
Civil servants to work with local service providers to drive growth, opportunity and health missions 'from the ground up'
SR25: IFS questions departments’ admin efficiency figures
13 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
SR25: IFS questions departments’ admin efficiency figures
Near-uniform plans for 15% savings isn’t “serious” work from HM Treasury, think-tank director suggests
Civil service strategic workforce plan delay 'disappointing' – union chief
11 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Civil service strategic workforce plan delay 'disappointing' – union chief
Civil servants left "with more questions than answers" as to how Spending Review cuts are to be implemented, FDA head says