Leadership

Unions criticises home secretary Sajid Javid’s lack of engagement after members had rejected pay plan

International development secretary Penny Mordaunt calls for ‘national conversation’ to promote private investment in aid as part of reset of DfID’s work

Government reversed plan to disclose civil service pay figure to unions before announcement amid fear of leaks, court hears

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

Norman Strauss recently argued in CSW that there was a need to create a new ministry for the opposition to help change the civil service and share its expertise more widely across society. In this response, Catherine Haddon, a senior fellow and resident historian at the Institute for Government, sets out why she thinks such a proposal is flawed

The Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Inquiry shows what can happen when these values are undermined, writes the FDA chief

Ian Ackerley left the world of commercial banking to join NS&I as its chief executive last year. He speaks to Jonathan Owen about the need to turn Britain from being a nation of spenders to a nation of savers

HMRC has been at the forefront of the government’s smarter working agenda, and is attempting to change the culture across one of government’s biggest organisations. There are lessons for other departments in the progress so far, says Luke Heselwood

Senior shadow cabinet figure Andrew Gwynne revealed his concerns about central government to deliver Labour’s policy platform

Former cabinet secretary Lord Andrew Turnbull shares his reflections, and a lunch, with Suzannah Brecknell

The review was "completely silent" on how the civil service deals with complaints against minister, Amy Leversidge said.

Hodge's constitutent Sarah O'Connor, who died this week, was "treated appallingly by the Home Office", she wrote

Mayank Prakash, who was named CIO of the year in 2016, set to return to the private sector

Labour calls on business secretary Greg Clark to take action

Shadow chancellor plans new Whitehall unit to develop plans for public and community ownership

Account intended to make top leadership more visible and make civil servants feel #proud

Less than half of the civil servants who replied to the survey felt appropriate action was taken when bullying had taken place

The civil service has many skills but finds itself resistant to change. It needs to disseminate itself more widely across society – and a new ministry for the opposition could do it, according to Margaret Thatcher’s former policy advisor Norman Strauss

Richard Heaton announces Michael Spurr departure at “the right time to ask a new chief executive to take on this important role”

“We already understand what happened at HMP Birmingham,” the justice secretary has said.

All this week CSW will profile a host of major government projects from each of the four categories from the Government Major Projects Portfolio to see how the current slate of projects are preforming – and where lessons can be learnt

Government’s project delivery chief on how departments and the Treasury are working to improve approval of major schemes ahead of 2019 review

The civil service values two types of knowledge, writes former senior civil servant Andrew Greenway, and understanding of policy is trumped by the skill of navigating Whitehall itself