Civil Service Reform

Former justice secretary does not take ‘first secretary of state’ title while Esther McVey named new work and pensions secretary

Prime minister announces rebranded Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Department of Health and Social Care 

Reform hailed as evidence of One Team government approach to improving how Whitehall works

Partially government-owned Behavioural Insights Team publishes results of trial schemes and urges Whitehall to take notice

Parts of the civil service have spent 2017 developing bold new ways to do things in government. They must prosper in what will be an uncomfortable year ahead

Cabinet Office Single Departmental Plan also reveals proposals for a new shared services strategy as part of moves to boost commercial capability

Public appointment commissioner lauds progress on gender diversity but brands record for disabled people “inadequate”

BT talks with the futurists and visionaries preparing the UK for a digital future

Automation can create jobs with the right policies in place, deputy leader Tom Watson says in new report

 Public Accounts Committee criticises departments' “business as usual” assumption for 2019 and berates pace of pan-Whitehall Border Planning Group 

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