Leadership

A civil servant offers some homespun wisdom on the highs and lows of remote working during a pandemic – and discovers it is anything but pants

Outgoing Cabinet Office perm sec and civil service chief executive urges colleagues to “preserve and promote what is unique” about the "incredible" civil service while pursuing constant improvement

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

Cabinet secretary also encourages departmental staff to make time to relax – safely – over the Easter weekend

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

Lord Armstrong, cabinet secretary from 1979 to 1987, died on 3 April. His successor Lord Butler pays tribute to a dedicated public servant who served two chancellors and three prime ministers with his 'majestic' powers of analysis and steady discretion, embodying the civil service values of impartiality, objectivity, honesty and integrity

Only the prime minister can address the growing fracture in the relationship between ministers and officials. But will he?

Watchdog should be doing more to enforce guidance that only essential workers should be travelling to jobs, leaders warn

Select committee and ministers ask for citizens to be on the lookout for false information spread online

Matt Hancock issues instruction to ensure no “barrier or delay” to taking action in “extraordinary circumstances”

Cabinet secretary pays tribute to Cheshire as  "a great personal support and source of wise counsel" to senior colleagues

McCallum, currently deputy director general of the Security Service, will take over from Sir Andrew Parker at the end of April

BEIS perm sec will move to become Cabinet Office perm sec as he takes on roles held by John Manzoni

Pocklington succeeds Melanie Dawes, who became Ofcom chief exec in February

The prime minister's letter will be sent to 30 million households, Number 10 said. Read it in full here

Comments come as PM’s top adviser Dominic Cummings self-isolates after developing symptoms

But HMRC and Border Force workers are still among the most stressed parts of the civil service, according to poll data

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

Delayed results of sentiment poll paint broad picture of ongoing improvement

The UK government blazed a trail on digital innovation, but others are catching up fast and it would be all too easy to squander the advantage of earlier work

Steven Dick worked as the deputy head of mission in Hungary

MPs and campaigners say department will not be trusted after report said the department had shown decades of "ignorance and thoughtlessness" on race.

The Government Digital Service was created to be a radical agent of reform. Director general Alison Pritchard tells PublicTechnology that, while it now prefers to work more collaboratively, it still has the stomach for a scrap

Business and employee support schemes open for business this week