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    The latest Leadership news from Civil Service World
    Ursula Brennan: cuts needn't undermine civil service diversity if we get flexible working right
    30 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Ursula Brennan: cuts needn't undermine civil service diversity if we get flexible working right

    Former Ministry of Justice permanent secretary says technology-enabled flexible working can help disabled civil servants progress in their careers, even in an era of prolonged cut-backs


    Outgoing defence procurement chief Bernard Gray defends rise in Trident costs
    30 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Outgoing defence procurement chief Bernard Gray defends rise in Trident costs

    Chief executive of the Defence Equipment and Support agency says fresh Trident cost estimates are proof of an end to a culture in which the MoD has been "unrealistic about the numbers"


    Spending Review: 100,000 public sector jobs will go by 2020, OBR predicts
    25 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Spending Review: 100,000 public sector jobs will go by 2020, OBR predicts

    Fiscal watchdog predicts 0.1m drop in public sector workforce by 2020, but says pay restraint will reduce need for cuts


    Spending Review verdict: reaction from the FDA, PCS, Prospect, the Institute for Government, the RSA and the CBI
    25 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Spending Review verdict: reaction from the FDA, PCS, Prospect, the Institute for Government, the RSA and the CBI

    Reaction to the chancellor's Spending Review from Peter Riddell, Matthew Taylor, Dave Penman, Mark Serwotka, Garry Graham and Carolyn Fairbairn


    David Cameron pays tribute to principal private secretary Chris Martin, who died today
    25 Nov 2015 Leadership
    David Cameron pays tribute to principal private secretary Chris Martin, who died today

    The Prime Minister described top official as “somewhere between a brother and a father” to all in the Number 10 team


    Peter Unwin: Whitehall has come a long way on diversity – but there is a dearth of minority ethnic or disabled leaders
    24 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Peter Unwin: Whitehall has come a long way on diversity – but there is a dearth of minority ethnic or disabled leaders

    The chief executive of the Whitehall & Industry Group discusses key lessons from his time as disability champion at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs


    Dave Penman: The row over Kids Company shows the value of good advice from senior civil servants
    24 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Dave Penman: The row over Kids Company shows the value of good advice from senior civil servants

    We rightly expect a lot from our perm secs – and the controversy over public funding for the Kids Company charity shows how important their advice can be


    Spending Review: Treasury announces £3.8bn health service funding boost
    24 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Spending Review: Treasury announces £3.8bn health service funding boost

    Significant victory for NHS chief executive Simon Stevens as chancellor George Osborne brings forward promised NHS investment


    Ministry of Defence 'in line for thousands of civil service job cuts'
    23 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Ministry of Defence "in line for thousands of civil service job cuts"

    Civilian MoD workforce reportedly in line for staffing reductions as David Cameron prepares to unveil Strategic Defence and Security Review


    Garry Graham: As the Spending Review looms, civil service pay policy looks increasingly unsustainable
    23 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Garry Graham: As the Spending Review looms, civil service pay policy looks increasingly unsustainable

    No employer in the private sector would see a five year pay freeze – followed by a 1% cap – as the route to success, argues the deputy general secretary of the Prospect union


    NHS cannot meet savings target, finance chiefs warn
    18 Nov 2015 Leadership
    NHS cannot meet savings target, finance chiefs warn

    Healthcare Financial Management Association urges the government to go beyond £8bn pledge – and sounds the alarm on NHS deficits


    Martin Donnelly interview: the BIS permanent secretary on open leadership, the Spending Review – and the future shape of his department
    17 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Martin Donnelly interview: the BIS permanent secretary on open leadership, the Spending Review – and the future shape of his department

    The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills may be facing a tough Spending Review settlement, but permanent secretary Martin Donnelly tells Matt Foster that the “honest and open” culture at BIS will endure – whatever the chancellor decides


    Spending Review will not mean backsliding on BIS diversity progress, vows perm sec Martin Donnelly
    17 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Spending Review will not mean backsliding on BIS diversity progress, vows perm sec Martin Donnelly

    Exclusive: Business department's top official Martin Donnelly tells CSW he will have "failed" if diversity agenda falls by the wayside – and sheds light on what the BIS 2020 review means for the organisation's regional presence


    Jeremy Heywood names tackling discrimination as top priority from People Survey results
    17 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Jeremy Heywood names tackling discrimination as top priority from People Survey results

    Civil service People Survey results show engagement steady, but fewer civil servants believe they have the right tools to do their job


    Peter Riddell: The nuanced partnership between ministers and officials doesn’t get enough press
    16 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Peter Riddell: The nuanced partnership between ministers and officials doesn’t get enough press

    A look back at Margaret Thatcher's time in office shows the real story of balance and partnership between ministers and civil servants


    Kids Company: senior civil servants should have pushed back against ministers, say MPs
    13 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Kids Company: senior civil servants should have pushed back against ministers, say MPs

    Stinging report by the Public Accounts Committee says government funding to the collapsed charity was “never seriously questioned, let alone stopped”


    Spending Review: IfG says government must be realistic about what it will stop doing
    13 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Spending Review: IfG says government must be realistic about what it will stop doing

    Insitute for Government report says there is "insufficient recognition" that "less money will often mean doing less" – and urges clear statements of intent from new single departmental plans


    DVSA staff to go on strike after pay talks break down
    12 Nov 2015 Leadership
    DVSA staff to go on strike after pay talks break down

    PCS and Prospect plan walkouts over pay and terms – while the agency's chief says strike move is "disappointing"


    Sir Jeremy Heywood: tonight's Civil Service Awards are a rare chance to blow our own trumpets
    12 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Sir Jeremy Heywood: tonight's Civil Service Awards are a rare chance to blow our own trumpets

    Ahead of tonight's Civil Service Awards ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the Cabinet secretary hails the "passion, imagination and ingenuity" of officials across government


    Commercial chief Bill Crothers leaving CCS at the end of the month – with Chris Hall stepping up
    11 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Commercial chief Bill Crothers leaving CCS at the end of the month – with Chris Hall stepping up

    Crown Commercial Service's director of complex transactions to temporarily serve as chief commercial officer


    Home secretary: spending cuts mean 'fewer people, fewer buildings and less room for error'
    11 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Home secretary: spending cuts mean "fewer people, fewer buildings and less room for error"

    Theresa May sketches out Home Office vision for the next five years – and confirms that Home Office perm sec Mark Sedwill is reviewing size of the department's central HQ


    HMRC chief Lin Homer: 'unengaged' staff need to feel more involved in our future
    10 Nov 2015 Leadership
    HMRC chief Lin Homer: "unengaged" staff need to feel more involved in our future

    HM Revenue and Customs chief executive says low staff morale is not damaging productivity – but acknowledges more work to do to make officials feel engaged with wider department


    Spending Review: NHS chief Simon Stevens warns over funding
    10 Nov 2015 Leadership
    Spending Review: NHS chief Simon Stevens warns over funding

    Health service chief executive says "considerably more progress" needed in Spending Review talks to ensure "genuinely workable NHS funding solution"


    BIS eyes shake-up of university regulation
    06 Nov 2015 Leadership
    BIS eyes shake-up of university regulation

    New "Office for Students" and Teaching Excellence Framework among measures in business department's Green Paper


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