Leadership

Former Troubled Families tsar hits back after government-commissioned analysis casts doubt on the success of the flagship social policy scheme

Confirmed: MoD's chief information officer Mike Stone to leave in March next year

Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee welcomes review of staff appraisal system, and says new inquiry will put a heavy emphasis on leadership skills in the civil service

Former British ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould to be based in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil service chief John Manzoni (pictured) and Treasury perm sec Tom Scholar say annual updates to the much-criticised Single Departmental Plans will address "big elephant" of Britain's exit from the EU

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

Public Accounts Committee says cross departmental snapshot must be produced more quickly, include more comparative data, and be more risk-focused in the wake of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union

 

The outspoken former chair of the Public Accounts Committee chews the fat with Suzannah Brecknell

Government Digital Service's director of data is the latest in a line of senior leaders to leave the the central team

As the civil service tries to put meat on the bones of its social mobility strategy, Matt Foster meets the people trying to make the organisation more welcoming to staff from working class backgrounds – and shake off Whitehall’s “white, male and Oxbridge” image for good

Fast Stream assessment now much more focused on "real-life work scenarios", says Gillian Smith, after report warns of lack of working class representation in the scheme

As MPs went round in circles on Chilcot and the EU referendum, the FDA general secretary Dave Penman wondered how Sir Jeremy Heywood maintained his calm, settled demeanour

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

Sir Suma Chakrabarti did more than most to bring the civil service into the 21st century. Now that he’s president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Sam Macrory offers a penny for his thoughts

Former Highways England boss Graham Dalton joins Ministry of Defence’s property division

Ex-immigration and enforcement chief Amanda Campbell takes up post as troubled watchdog’s chief executive officer 

As fresh Office for National Statistics data shines a light on headcount, salary and diversity within the civil service, CSW's Jim Dunton analyses the key findings

New ONS stats show 8% rise in female representation at SCS level since 2008

Susan Acland-Hood on the move as courts service presses ahead with digital shake-up

Exclusive: David Cameron’s former policy guru tells CSW that Brexit negotiations will be like a “multi-dimensional game of chess” and officials must co-ordinate analysis work to make sure British politicians have upper hand

The EA’s gender champion and executive director of evidence shares her thoughts on why switching sectors or retraining is nothing to be afraid of

Peter Lawson and Samantha Ulyatt to take up post in the coming weeks

Civil service-wide staff survey "will directly influence real and observable change", vows cabinet secretary

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