Leadership

Alison Pritchard outlines her credentials as director general of GDS

Making spending announcements without an updated fiscal forecast from the OBR risks "a return to the bad old days"

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Dominic Cummings is sending signals out across government about how he plans to operate. But even the most high-profile special advisers have no real power – they only speak with the authority of their political bosses.

Communication plan rejected a repeat of the Vote Leave campaign’s slogan as too partisan, according to report

Former civil service head calls on officials to consider if “stewardship of the country” should trump service to government of the day

Former Civil Service Learning director to become boss of education charity

Regulator says department’s commercial did not make sufficiently clear what would need to be submitted in some cases

Government HR chief told there “should be no impediment for the Cabinet Office to explore flexibility” on pension savings after offer to top doctors

Peter Lawrence calls on civil servants to help identify candidates for Going Forward Into Employment programme

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Use of gagging clauses ends to improve "debate, transparency and exchange of information"

Chancellor Sajid Javid says there is no time to delay as he announced auto sign up scheme

Department to spend up to £300k developing service through Alpha phase

The leak of the Cabinet Office’s Operation Yellowhammer contingency planning shows how much government is working on mitigating the risks it can predict from a no-deal Brexit. But the government cannot prepare for things it doesn’t know will happen

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Cabinet secretary says that there is ‘no evidence to suggest that the attack was anything other than an isolated incident’ at this stage

Recently launched National Leadership Centre to create online platform allowing leading officials to seek each other out

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Jeremy Corbyn says departure would contravene principle that government doesn’t implement policies in an election period where the opposition has a different view

Figures from Prospect trade union come as government plans review of pension tax rules for public sector after NHS reforms

Unions say tax treatment of pension contributions is leading civil servants "to incur significant tax burdens simply by saving for the future"

Prime minister's spokesperson insists ‘the UK will be leaving the EU on October 31 whatever the circumstances’

Department tasks digital transformation specialist with helping prepare the way for use of AWS and Azure