Civil Service Reform

But think tank warns that ministers could jeopardise its success by scaling back resourcing or attempting to widen its scope too much

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Sir Simon McDonald, permanent under-secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up...

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Professor Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up...

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Tim Moss, chief executive of Companies House, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up...

Five years after GDS was declared "open for business", PublicTechnology's Rebecca Hill looks back on the triumphs and troubles of a team that set out to radically change Whitehall's approach to IT and digital

Cross-department team behind HR reform proposals wins Reimagine Challenge. Matt Ross reports

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Jonathan Slater, permanent secretary at the Department for Education, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up...

Microsoft looks at how intelligent business applications can help the public sector improve service delivery

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Amyas Morse, comptroller and auditor general, the National Audit Office, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up​

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Paula Sussex, chief executive officer of the Charity Commission, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up​

Police forces across London have stepped up the fight against crime by using Microsoft’s Azure cloud service

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Government communications executive director Alex Aiken takes part in our annual perm secs round-up​