Leadership

Lynne Owens says £2.7bn funding boost in forthcoming Spending Review will help tackle £37bn annual cost of serious and organised crime

After 10 years scrutinising government accounts and trying to stop departments from squandering taxpayers’ cash, the comptroller and auditor general Sir Amyas Morse is standing down from the National Audit Office. Jess Bowie meets him. 

Civil servants have always worked under pressure, but Brexit has upped the level considerably. Sneering at departments helping staff deal with stress benefits no-one, says Andrew Greenway

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

Chief people officer set to chair new group of cross-government networks to feed views into HR policy

Paying private-sector landlords to make their own buildings safe was against the principles of Managing Public Money, secretary of state was warned

In an increasingly complex security environment, working with the private sector to find solutions is more important than ever. Shaun Hipgrave, head of the new Joint Security and Resilience Centre, talks to Sam Trendall about solving security challenges and why, after 30 years, he’s finally found his dream job

Whatever crisis the country faces, Liz Truss is always on hand to lambast civil servants

The absence of ministers since the collapse of Stormont’s power sharing in early 2017 hasn’t stopped health service leaders in Northern Ireland from pushing forward their transformation agenda. Health department perm sec Richard Pengelly tells Suzannah Brecknell about driving change through shared leadership, hard work, and difficult discussions

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

The Office for Product Safety & Standards is one of a number of government bodies springing up to help prepare the UK for life outside the EU. Beckie Smith meets its chief executive Graham Russell

Cabinet Office guidance means more civil servants could receive performance-related bonuses, says the FDA trade union