Civil Service Reform

Civil service race champion said it could take 10 years for progress on racial diversity to match that made on gender

Transition chief tells MPs the department’s “pioneering” work in digital will help boost the low number of British exporters

Home secretary Amber Rudd said department is ‘tooling up’ with extra staff but real capacity will be created by new online system

A government-commissioned study makes 18 recommendations, including asking GDS to help create a scheme to boost public sector use of artificial intelligence

It is time for government to acknowledge why the desired outcomes for public services are not being delivered. But this will require challenging Whitehall’s survivors

David Williams tells MPs that Department of Health cannot calculate impact of delays to repairs and maintenance spending

Civil service diversity strategy sets out plans to develop framework for measuring inclusion across government

Cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood announces individuals and teams winning 2017 awards

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was created in July 2016 as part of changes announced when Theresa May became prime minister. Civil Service World met Angie Ridgwell and Jaee Samant, the civil servants responsible for the transition programme from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, to reflect on the process. By Richard Johnstone

SSAC chair tells CSW the body will monitor the merging benefits system to make sure it matches ministers' pledges

As head of HM Courts and Tribunals Service, the Ministry of Justice executive agency that runs the judicial system in England and Wales, Susan Acland-Hood is overseeing wide-ranging reforms to the operation of courts across the country. She tells Richard Johnstone how the changes will improve access to justice

Digital director John Sheridan tells Civil Service World's sister publication PublicTechnology about changes not only to how the UK’s official archive operates, but to the very nature of archiving