This site requires JavaScript for certain functions and interactions to work. Please turn on JavaScript for the best possible experience.
Register forour newsletter
Follow us:
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
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"
Fiscal watchdog predicts 0.1m drop in public sector workforce by 2020, but says pay restraint will reduce need for cuts
Reaction to the chancellor's Spending Review from Peter Riddell, Matthew Taylor, Dave Penman, Mark Serwotka, Garry Graham and Carolyn Fairbairn
The Prime Minister described top official as “somewhere between a brother and a father” to all in the Number 10 team
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
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
Significant victory for NHS chief executive Simon Stevens as chancellor George Osborne brings forward promised NHS investment
Civilian MoD workforce reportedly in line for staffing reductions as David Cameron prepares to unveil Strategic Defence and Security Review
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
Healthcare Financial Management Association urges the government to go beyond £8bn pledge – and sounds the alarm on NHS deficits
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
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
Civil service People Survey results show engagement steady, but fewer civil servants believe they have the right tools to do their job
A look back at Margaret Thatcher's time in office shows the real story of balance and partnership between ministers and civil servants
Stinging report by the Public Accounts Committee says government funding to the collapsed charity was “never seriously questioned, let alone stopped”
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
PCS and Prospect plan walkouts over pay and terms – while the agency's chief says strike move is "disappointing"
Ahead of tonight's Civil Service Awards ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the Cabinet secretary hails the "passion, imagination and ingenuity" of officials across government
Crown Commercial Service's director of complex transactions to temporarily serve as chief commercial officer
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
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
Health service chief executive says "considerably more progress" needed in Spending Review talks to ensure "genuinely workable NHS funding solution"
New "Office for Students" and Teaching Excellence Framework among measures in business department's Green Paper