Articles tagged with: Civil service reform
Civil service headcount continues to rise as real-terms pay falls
23 Jan HR
Civil service headcount continues to rise as real-terms pay falls
Spending on consultants and temporary labour has grown by 40% since 2018-19, IfG's Whitehall Monitor reveals
More outsiders, MOG changes and letting civil servants speak: 10 big takeaways from Maude's review
15 Nov 2023 Civil Service Reform
More outsiders, MOG changes and letting civil servants speak: 10 big takeaways from Maude's review
Maude's recommendation-packed review includes calls for an outsider to lead the civil service, new powers for ministers and greater transparency
Maude review: PM should get sign-off on DG appointments
13 Nov 2023 Civil Service Reform
Maude review: PM should get sign-off on DG appointments
Ministers should play a bigger role in appointing civil servants and be able to sack senior officials, governance review recommends
Eyerolls, avoiding the phone and docs in the bin – how civil service leaders have responded to reform efforts
02 Aug 2023 Civil Service Reform
Eyerolls, avoiding the phone and docs in the bin – how civil service leaders have responded to reform efforts
Former senior government leaders set out barriers to reform in think tank report
Maude calls for beefed up Civil Service Commission and cab sec changes
08 Jun 2023 Civil Service Reform
Maude calls for beefed up Civil Service Commission and cab sec changes
Measures are key to ending Whitehall’s failure to deliver reform, former Cabinet Office minister tells peers
Commission aims to fix ‘hopelessly ill-equipped‘ centre of government
01 Mar 2023 Civil Service Reform
Commission aims to fix ‘hopelessly ill-equipped‘ centre of government
Former cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell and historian Peter Hennessy back yearlong IfG project
Ex-perm secs attack Wednesday Morning Colleagues sessions
20 Jan 2023 Civil Service Reform
Ex-perm secs attack Wednesday Morning Colleagues sessions
Weekly get-togethers of civil service top brass are dubbed distanced from reality
Civil service ‘can’t deal with poor performance’, says former No.10 Policy Unit boss
19 Jan 2023 HR
Civil service ‘can’t deal with poor performance’, says former No.10 Policy Unit boss
Munira Mirza claims sideways-move culture is “very demoralising” for officials and needs to be fixed
Civil service managers 'should be given more responsibility for staff development', report says
01 Nov 2022 Civil Service Reform
Civil service managers 'should be given more responsibility for staff development', report says
Report calls for staff training and development to be given greater priority in civil service
London in the rear view mirror: we need to get the basics right when relocating civil servants
25 Jan 2022 Civil Service Reform
London in the rear view mirror: we need to get the basics right when relocating civil servants
Now could be a good time for ministers to be orienting the civil service away from the capital, says former Treasury senior official Andrew Hudson
Independent commission calls for Spending Reviews to be dumped
12 Apr 2021 Finance
Independent commission calls for Spending Reviews to be dumped
Panel also calls for departmental boards to get greater powers to scrutinise top officials’ performance
Gove pledges to reform civil service training and 'whirligig of transfers and promotions'
30 Jun 2020 Civil Service Reform
Gove pledges to reform civil service training and 'whirligig of transfers and promotions'
Government needs a “proper, and properly-resourced campus for training”, Cabinet Office minister says