Leadership

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

Moves to establish professions across government have made significant strides, but some functions are more advanced than others. Now is the time to quicken the reforms

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

IfG review on boosting cross-government functions highlighted civil service 'must tackle perception that policy trumps specialisms' for career progression

New policy will base increases on cost of living while keeping public spending budgets in balance, says Nicola Sturgeon

Former civil service head also brands no Brexit deal a ‘complete disaster’ for Britain

Summer recess spurns all kinds of stories, but the international development secretary’s splash on ‘crazy’ Whitehall salaries was particularly cowardly

Antonia Romeo tells CSW that the government is looking for areas where “win-win” deals can be reached quickly

Unions call for concrete action on scrapping the 1% pay cap for all public servants and just some 'cherry picked’ areas

Public sector areas with retention issues, such as senior civil servants, expected to be among first to get a pay rise

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

UK statistics chief Sir David Norgrove hits out at Home Office over “damaging” leak of student migration figures to media, in letter also copied to Sir Jeremy Heywood

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

Lord Nick Macpherson in talks with UK Finance just 18 months after an 11-year stint as top Treasury official, according to reports

Government Communications Service sets out role of departments in supporting government priorities, including getting greatest possible public support for EU exit deal

Department for Education recruits successor to Peter Lauener, who is to retire following merger of two funding bodies

Public sector pay has been in the headlines, but there’s a lack of innovative thinking on changing the reward package across government. It’s time to try more radical solution

Union seeks investigation into problems with payments delivered by Cabinet Office-backed Shared Services Connected Limited

Crawford Falconer, who starts at the Department for International Trade this week, says new trade arrangements will “improve the global prospects for political openness and stability”.