Leadership

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

A Spending Review offers a chance to re-examine projects and plans from the last four years – and to lay the groundwork for the next round of schemes. Government project chief Tony Meggs tells Richard Johnstone how the Infrastructure and Projects Authority will use the process to help drive improvement

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

The 2016 Chilcot Report exposed some of Whitehall’s biggest weaknesses – the silos and hierarchies that lead to bad decisions. Two years on, the officials who led the civil service response from the MoD, Cabinet Office and Foreign Office tell Tamsin Rutter what’s happened since then

Brexit will make 2019 Spending Review more challenging for government, according to IfG

Umbrella trade union body said former Brexit minister Steve Baker’s attacks on civil servants from the dispatch box represented “a new low”

Transport select committee report warns it is unclear if planned new partnership for the intercity line can overcome “systemic difficulties”

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

Union says equivalent to Scottish Government investigation into Alex Salmond couldn’t happen in Whitehall

Long-serving digital government professional departing at the end of the month to pursue new opportunities

Freedom of Information reveals staff churn continues at key Brexit department

Prison chiefs currently have too little flexibility to tailor privileges to their needs

Project chief says “changes of personnel and leadership are inevitable” given project’s long timescale and global demand for talent

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

Review considers risk rating of possible recipients