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    Exit interview: Philip Rycroft on keeping promises, morale and leaving DExEU
    20 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Exit interview: Philip Rycroft on keeping promises, morale and leaving DExEU

    Philip Rycroft has spent much of his career working on devolution – the biggest force for change in the UK’s government until the EU referendum. He led the Department for Exiting the European Union from 2017 to the end of March this year, helping government try to deliver the result of that referendum. Suzannah Brecknell caught up with him to find out more about why that’s been so hard, and what Brexit means for devolution. 


    Interim Defra perm sec Finkelstein gets role permanently
    19 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Interim Defra perm sec Finkelstein gets role permanently

    Former director general for EU exit has been interim permanent secretary since April


    Foreign Office hails staff wellbeing scores in face of Brexit pressures
    19 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Foreign Office hails staff wellbeing scores in face of Brexit pressures

    Department highlights training of mental health first aiders globally as part of its efforts to improve further


    DCMS seeks £67k data policy head
    18 Jun 2019 Leadership
    DCMS seeks £67k data policy head

    Grade 6 post will have join team developing the National Data Strategy


    Government set to boost powers of competition watchdog
    18 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Government set to boost powers of competition watchdog

    Theresa May announces boost to powers of Competition and Markets Authority to improve protection for consumers


    Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 17
    17 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 17

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


    Jacky Wright interview: HMRC's digital chief reflects on insourcing, inclusivity, and the ‘teething pains’ of transformation
    14 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Jacky Wright interview: HMRC's digital chief reflects on insourcing, inclusivity, and the ‘teething pains’ of transformation

    Department’s chief digital information officer tells Civil Service World about transforming working practices and service delivery at the UK tax authority, and why improving diversity starts with leaders who are self-aware


    DWP acting chief digital officer McKinnon to stay in role until May 2020
    13 Jun 2019 Leadership
    DWP acting chief digital officer McKinnon to stay in role until May 2020

    Seven months after launching recruitment campaign, department reveals interim digital chief will continue in role


    Listen with an open mind and be ready to advise on trade offs: Ex-Treasury perm sec on how to prepare for a new PM
    12 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Listen with an open mind and be ready to advise on trade offs: Ex-Treasury perm sec on how to prepare for a new PM

    Speaking at a think-tank event, Lord Macpherson also offered thoughts on the economy to incoming prime minister, while Treasury Select Committee chair said a full leadership contest is needed “so the maddest ideas perhaps don’t make it to asking for official civil service advice”. 


    Joe Owen: The hardest part of Brexit is still to come
    11 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Joe Owen: The hardest part of Brexit is still to come

    The scale, constraints and pressure of Brexit have very few comparators – and the clock is ticking. Is it any wonder that the complexity of trying to deliver it is keeping civil servants up at night?


    MoD and DCMS perm secs among civil servants recognised in Queen’s birthday honours
    10 Jun 2019 Leadership
    MoD and DCMS perm secs among civil servants recognised in Queen’s birthday honours

    Read CSW's list of civil servants honoured


    Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 10
    10 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 10

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


    I was a civil servant, now I’m a... director of strategy for a charity
    07 Jun 2019 Leadership
    I was a civil servant, now I’m a... director of strategy for a charity

    In the latest of our series about civil service leavers, we meet former deputy principal private secretary to the prime minister Ed Whiting, who is now director of strategy for the Wellcome Trust


    Whitty named next chief medical officer
    07 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Whitty named next chief medical officer

    Public health professor has been a chief scientific adviser to government departments for a decade


    Ofcom chief exec Sharon White to chair John Lewis Partnership
    06 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Ofcom chief exec Sharon White to chair John Lewis Partnership

    Former Treasury second perm sec Sharon White to join retailer on far-from-undersold pay package


    Brexit: Whitehall churn means government may never be as ready again for no deal, says IfG
    05 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Brexit: Whitehall churn means government may never be as ready again for no deal, says IfG

    Civil servants could be either ‘too fresh or too jaded’ to maximise no-deal Brexit preparation for October, highlights think tank


    Interim national statistician appointed after recruitment effort proves unsuccessful
    04 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Interim national statistician appointed after recruitment effort proves unsuccessful

    A permanent replacement for outgoing stats chief to be announced in "late summer", UKSA says


    Dave Penman: Government should reveal the details of a no-deal Brexit
    04 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Dave Penman: Government should reveal the details of a no-deal Brexit

    In these unprecedented circumstances, we should ditch the convention of confidentiality around civil servants’ advice to ministers – for the good of us all, says the FDA general secretary


    Andrew Greenway: Civil servants should prepare for another round of Whitehall reorganisations
    03 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Andrew Greenway: Civil servants should prepare for another round of Whitehall reorganisations

    As Tory hopefuls set out their stall for the role of PM, the civil service had better prepare for deckchair shuffling and another round of pointless departmental name changes


    Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 3
    03 Jun 2019 Leadership
    Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 3

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


    Latest civil service & public affairs moves — May 28
    28 May 2019 Leadership
    Latest civil service & public affairs moves — May 28

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


    ‘Maybe Brexit should have been outsourced to him’: Peter Hennessy on Lord Levene’s memoirs
    24 May 2019 Leadership
    ‘Maybe Brexit should have been outsourced to him’: Peter Hennessy on Lord Levene’s memoirs

    A vivid account by a meritocratic polymath, Lord Levene’s memoirs leave Peter Hennessy pondering why peacetime Britain produces so few ‘fixers’ of his calibre


    Prime minister Theresa May announces her resignation
    24 May 2019 Leadership
    Prime minister Theresa May announces her resignation

    May will step down as Conservative leader on 7 June, but will remain head of government until a new leader is in place


    May sets out government’s revised Brexit plan with offer on second referendum vote
    22 May 2019 Leadership
    May sets out government’s revised Brexit plan with offer on second referendum vote

    PM sets out measures intended to get MPs to back Brexit deal, including vow to complete work on "alternative arrangements" to the controversial Irish backstop by the end of 2020


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