Civil Service Reform

Fledgling ministry offers £90,000 a year for senior officer to deliver “single device” for international trade staff to work with

After decades of reviews aimed at driving down the civil service's running costs, Sir Michael Barber, former chief of Blair's delivery unit, is hailed by one Whitehall-watcher as "much less celebrity and much more focused on getting the job done"

Microsoft Surface has helped Cheshire Police reduce paperwork and free up time

Wide-ranging plan includes announcement of new "Digital Government Partnership" to encourage innovation in Whitehall – as Labour's Louise Haigh blasts "recycled announcements and meagre commitments"

Public Chairs Forum, Association of Chief Executives and the Institute for Government will track progress on the Cabinet Office's bid to improve relationships between departments and ALBs

Civil service's head of executive recruitment tells CSW that new online recruitment tool – Applied – will focus on increasing diversity and speeding up the sifting process

Lesley Ann Nash, the Cabinet Office's director for public bodies reform, explains how the government's new code is aiming to shift relationships between departments and arm’s-length bodies away from compliance and control towards a proportionate, risk-based partnership model

Retaining public trust “absolutely critical" to plans for data-drive government, says the civil service CEO

Tax collection agency beats target by 400,000 users months ahead of self-imposed deadline

Most of the challenges the Workforce Plan purports to tackle are ones that Whitehall has bumped up against for decades. Perhaps it's time to start interrogating the civil service's Victorian structures – rather than simply adding layers of reform on top, argues Andrew Greenway

Westminster City Council approves proposals for Whitehall landmark despite heritage concerns

Whitehall & Industry Group accolade lauds “exemplary leadership” driven by cross-sector learning