Civil Service Reform

Former Cabinet Office minister told MPs he became disillusioned with civil service skills and repeats call for basic training

Infrastructure and Projects Authority says new team will be created to ensure costs and schedules of major schemes are achievable

Surge in consumers’ use of messaging and social media is transforming their expectations of service, says new BT and Cisco research

Susanna Smith from the Public Chairs’ Forum and Association of Chief Executives highlights the key themes – from relocations to Brexit – being discussed at Cabinet Office’s Public Bodies Week

Two parliamentary reports highlight problems at Irish border and frustration at perceived Whitehall “power grab”

As she leaves government to return to the private sector, Sherin Aminossehe shares her lessons from working in Whitehall – from the ministers to the acronyms

Public Bodies 2017 report suggests some “tailored reviews” will be rescheduled until post-EU landscape becomes clearer

From weather forecasting to healthcare inspection, public bodies play a crucial role in maintaining public services. Lesley Ann Nash, the director for public bodies reform at the Cabinet Office, explains what government is doing to keep them fit for purpose

Lack of Brexit clarity has stoked fears that government “will expect the impossible” from immigration staff

Policy Institute warns that current Whitehall structures "lack of strategic thinking and leadership" to implement the industrial strategy

Two reports – from Reform and Lord Holmes – flag up the transformational potential of the distributed ledger technology

After a shaky start, the Crown Commercial Service is changing the way it works with departments in a bid to improve the government’s buying habits. But chief executive Malcolm Harrison tells Richard Johnstone that its success shouldn’t be measured by savings alone, as he sets out the frustrations – and fun – of cross-government working

Polly Payne and Ruth Hannant named directors general for Rail Group in move hailed by perm sec as progress in "overwhelmingly male" industry

Flagship government document identifies four "grand challenges" that UK must address to take advantage of global economic trends

Government claims better use of location data produced by public bodies could grow the economy by £11bn a year

New commitments to move powers out of Westminster were the bright spots in a Budget speech that didn’t address some of the key challenges faced at the frontline of much public service delivery

Departmental allocations from new tranche of Brexit cash to be agreed “in early 2018”

Pilots to develop new public value frameworks will be taken forward next year

Top government officials detail list of changes to 85 IT systems at the UK border required because of Brexit

Former perm sec argues FCO was disempowered by “unnecessary creation” of Department for International Trade

Rob Neil, chair of Civil Service Race Forum, argues this strategy moves beyond a tick box approach to diversity and calls for a radical culture shift across government

Watchdog’s snapshot shows BEIS has biggest numeric burden, followed by Defra

Labour minister-turned-Greater Manchester mayor berates anachronistic policymaking processes

Home Affairs Committee report slams "completely unconvincing" Home Office plans to appoint just 300 new border staff