Culture

If Whitehall pushes ahead with plans to move civil servants around the country, it must conduct proper impact evaluations

FDA civil service union lambasts report that names and shames top-earning DWP civil servants

Many British civil servants who worked in India leading up to the 1947 partition 'wrestled with a sapped sense of humanity', writes Colin Alexander

Transport agency launches new campaign after torrent of abuse, including lorry drivers trying to run enforcement cars off the road

The chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee finds the Donmar’s new musical Committee a fair and compelling portrayal of the hearing on the collapse of Kids Company 

Geoffrey Lyons reviews Nick Spencer’s The Mighty and the Almighty: How Political Leaders do God – a collection of essays on how current and former heads of state engage with faith and religion

Renaming the ministry the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport acknowledges how its responsibilities have changed, says minister

Civil service mainstay Prospect warns new work and pensions secretary not to raise retirement bar

Dan Corry, former special adviser and head of the charity think tank NPC, argues that the public and charity sectors must learn from each other as they face joint challenges of capacity, governance and transformation

Two-thirds of charities who have contracts with the public sector need to use their own funds to deliver these contracts, according to think tank NPC

Momentous life events remind us why the last thing we need is politicians playing fast and loose with our public services

Geoffrey Lyons reviews Ron Chernow's biography of the enterprising statesman whose legacy endures in modern America

With staff numbers and responsibilities growing, DCMS is undergoing something of a renaissance. Permanent secretary Sue Owen tells Suzannah Brecknell about the importance of leadership, the value of culture, and the power of music

Continuing pay cap would mean up to 20% drop in average civil service earnings by 2020, union analysis reveals

As the civil service Fast Track apprenticeship programme opens for a new round of applications, the Cabinet Office's deputy director of early talent Greg Hobbs explains how the scheme can offer a springboard into a variety of government careers – and introduces two apprentices who've benefited from it

Civil service disability champion Philip Rutnam says a new best practice guide will help drive up the standards of workplace adjustments across government

Labour calls for opening up of “narrow, closed circle” at the top of Whitehall by including new Department for International Trade chief

Civil Service World's regular guide to the very best in Whitehallese

Communities secretary backs Casey review call for public office holders to swear an oath affirming "respect for the rule of law, equality and tolerance"

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 Jones, Treasury Solicitor and head of the Government Legal Service, 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. Melanie Dawes, permanent secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government, 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. Sir Robert Devereux, permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up...

Lack of awareness about devolution issues in Whitehall is “unacceptable”, the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee says, as Brexit brings fresh pressure for UK government to improve the way it works with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

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. Rowena Collins Rice, director general at the Attorney General's Office, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up​