Leadership

Sir Jeremy Heywood releases survey as new leadership academy starts work helping civil servants manage change

Technology may never replace the need for human civil servants, but our panel of experts recognised a direction of travel. Colin Marrs reports from a CSW round table

Appointment of new department chief follows Mark Lowcock’s departure to run UN humanitarian agency

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

Tony Douglas will stand down from role at Defence Equipment and Support to return to aviation sector

Chair of department’s women’s network calls on male staff across the civil service to act as allies to feminist cause

Cabinet Office says the proposal has not yet been agreed, despite reports

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

Head of the Government Equalities Office tells Women into Leadership conference that at current rate of tackling gender pay gap will not reach parity until 2050

Committee chair Bernard Jenkin says that Brexit will expose “where understandings are weak and where relationships are strained” in Whitehall

 IfG calls for expanded role for Major Project Leadership Academy, including “regular engagement” with ministers

Report predicts continued public sector pay restraint will lead to recruitment issues for employers of London-based, highly skilled workers

Move of civil service’s chief Brexit negotiator to the Cabinet Office will require new structures to be established with “time at a premium”, says IfG.

Former minister Francis Maude's attack on the civil service highlights what not to do if you want to improve government, argues former DWP permanent secretary Sir Leigh Lewis

Successful candidate will work with home secretary to shape role of new Commission for Countering Extremism

Philip Rycroft, the second permanent secretary at DExEU, will take up top post following Robbins's move to Cabinet Office

In her first interview as permanent secretary of the Department for International Trade, Antonia Romeo tells Richard Johnstone about the progress already made, and the Brexit challenges to come, for this brand new ministry.

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

Department’s most senior tax professional announces retirement at the end of the year

As the judge-led public inquiry opens on the three-month anniversary of the fire, legal experts call for a “repository of expertise” to build on lessons of past inquiries

Cabinet secretary describes speech by former minister as an "inaccurate portrayal" of civil service, while chief executive says Whitehall is "deepening and accelerating" reforms

The recently merged department lacks strategic coherence and authentic leaders – civil servants won't take it any more

Green-lighting pay rises without increasing budgets is not an end to austerity, says Civil Service World editor 

From the Manchester bombing to the Grenfell Tower fire, Whitehall faces constant unprecedented demands and must focus on building resilience