Departments’ data-transparency fails to match perm secs’ pledges, watchdog says
09 Feb 2024 Leadership
Departments’ data-transparency fails to match perm secs’ pledges, watchdog says
OSR chief Ed Humpherson dubs Cabinet Office’s failure to evidence Places for Growth benefits “disappointing”
CDDO shakes up leadership as chief exec Lee Devlin to depart
07 Feb 2024 Leadership
CDDO shakes up leadership as chief exec Lee Devlin to depart
Central Digital and Data Office offers nearly £100k for executive director
Delays to non-exec appointments deterring good candidates, NAO warns
05 Feb 2024 Leadership
Delays to non-exec appointments deterring good candidates, NAO warns
Cabinet Office told to “set out what good looks like" for appointments and tackle “cumbersome” processes
Legislate to prevent ministers telling officials to break civil service code, commission says
01 Feb 2024 Leadership
Legislate to prevent ministers telling officials to break civil service code, commission says
Independent group also calls for changes to perm sec role and a beefed-up Civil Service Commission
Ministers sidestep calls for tougher rules to govern perm sec sackings
25 Jan 2024 Leadership
Ministers sidestep calls for tougher rules to govern perm sec sackings
Constitution Committee warned of “insufficient safeguards” in the wake of Tom Scholar’s dismissal from Treasury top job
Maude: Kerslake ‘should have worked exclusively as head of civil service’
25 Jan 2024 Leadership
Maude: Kerslake ‘should have worked exclusively as head of civil service’
Maude, questioned on proposal to create a dedicated “head of the civil service” role, says previous attempt was "watered-down version of his plan"
Senior officials should be more involved in graduate hiring process, Maude says
24 Jan 2024 Leadership
Senior officials should be more involved in graduate hiring process, Maude says
Ex-minister criticises outsourced Fast Stream recruitment and says leaders should pay more attention to ensuring “broad diversity” of intake
MPs urge 'acceleration' of plans to set out top civil servants' digital responsibilities
24 Jan 2024 Leadership
MPs urge 'acceleration' of plans to set out top civil servants' digital responsibilities
Change to senior appointment letters "should be quite straightforward": PAC chair questions 2025 target
Devolution ‘should return to centre of government’, MPs told
17 Jan 2024 Leadership
Devolution ‘should return to centre of government’, MPs told
Ex-minister also calls for Northern Ireland Civil Service to be put on same footing as Scottish and Welsh counterparts
DWP warns of uphill struggle to reduce fraud
16 Jan 2024 Leadership
DWP warns of uphill struggle to reduce fraud
Perm sec Peter Schofield tells MPs he doubts department can get back to pre-pandemic levels by 2027-28
DWP asks senior officials to lead 60% in-office drive Exclusive
12 Jan 2024 Leadership
DWP asks senior officials to lead 60% in-office drive
DWP perm sec says lots of planning will be needed to work out how the department can achieve the in-office mandate
Cameron grilled over ODA cut and merger that created FCDO
10 Jan 2024 Leadership
Cameron grilled over ODA cut and merger that created FCDO
Foreign secretary says new leadership structures are making the department “work better than it was”
Simon Case returns to work after long-term sick leave
08 Jan 2024 Leadership
Simon Case returns to work after long-term sick leave
Cabinet secretary has been off on medical leave since October
Covid Inquiry: Boris Johnson rejects claims No.10 was 'toxic'
06 Dec 2023 Leadership
Covid Inquiry: Boris Johnson rejects claims No.10 was 'toxic'
Ex-PM says he had "no difficulty recruiting the best possible people" despite claims people were deterred by working environment
Cutting civil service jobs could make pay 'less of an issue', says Maude
30 Nov 2023 Leadership
Cutting civil service jobs could make pay 'less of an issue', says Maude
"I would rather have a civil service that is leaner," former Cabinet Office minister says
Simon Case won't appear at Covid Inquiry this year
27 Nov 2023 Leadership
Simon Case won't appear at Covid Inquiry this year
Baroness Hallet approves request for cabinet secretary to postpone giving oral evidence as concerns grow over temporary setup in his absence
Cabinet Office offers up to £185k to replace Chisholm as perm sec
22 Nov 2023 Leadership
Cabinet Office offers up to £185k to replace Chisholm as perm sec
The salary on offer is at least £20,000 lower than Chisholm's current pay packet
From Boyd to Bourgeois: GPA appoints interim chief exec
21 Nov 2023 Leadership
From Boyd to Bourgeois: GPA appoints interim chief exec
Government Property Agency interim chief Mark Bourgeois has worked in commercial real estate for more than 30 years
‘Toxic’ culture at MoD: Sixty female senior civil servants complain to perm sec
17 Nov 2023 Leadership
‘Toxic’ culture at MoD: Sixty female senior civil servants complain to perm sec
Reports of women being “propositioned”, “groped” and “touched repeatedly”
Maude: Appoint chief functional officers to tackle 'diluted authority and mandate'
14 Nov 2023 Leadership
Maude: Appoint chief functional officers to tackle 'diluted authority and mandate'
Perm sec-level officials should lead push to streamline and strengthen digital, HR, commercial and other functions, review finds
Maude review: PM should get sign-off on DG appointments
13 Nov 2023 Leadership
Maude review: PM should get sign-off on DG appointments
Ministers should play a bigger role in appointing civil servants and be able to sack senior officials, governance review recommends
Alex Chisholm to leave Cabinet Office in the spring
13 Nov 2023 Leadership
Alex Chisholm to leave Cabinet Office in the spring
Permanent secretary and civil service chief operating officer will step down after four years at the department
'I am v v cautious about walking back into this': Case deterred from Covid job by 'behaviours' in No.10
09 Nov 2023 Leadership
'I am v v cautious about walking back into this': Case deterred from Covid job by 'behaviours' in No.10
"I will not work for Dom," Simon Case told cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill, who was frustrated with spad's “divide and rule” approach
Sedwill: Government was 'too focused on whether Covid worst case scenario would happen'
08 Nov 2023 Leadership
Sedwill: Government was 'too focused on whether Covid worst case scenario would happen'
Ex-cab sec says government's "measured" response to the Covid outbreak was based on 1 in 10 likelihood of reasonable worst-case scenario pandemic hitting the UK