Articles tagged with Janet Hughes on Civil Service World

01 Oct 2025 Civil Service Reform

'Being a leader isn’t about becoming great at everything': Civil service reform DG Janet Hughes sets out her priorities

Hughes, who became Cabinet Office DG for civil service reform and efficiency in June, on bringing the spirit of One Team Gov to her new role, test and learn and growing veg

22 May 2025 Civil Service Reform

Cabinet Office names next civil service reform DG

Janet Hughes will move from Defra, where she is director of the Future Farming and Countryside Programme

04 Jul 2023 Energy & Environment

Directors' Cut with Defra's Janet Hughes

Directors do some of the most interesting and challenging work in the civil service. Here, Janet Hughes, director of farming reforms at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, explains what it takes to do her job

23 Aug 2016 Digital, Data & Technology

New GOV.UK Verify chief sets out stall after departure of Janet Hughes

Interim director Jess McEvoy sets out next steps for flagship user verification service – as analysts downplay HMRC's move to develop its own ID system

16 Aug 2016 Digital, Data & Technology

GOV.UK Verify director to leave in latest high-profile GDS departure

Janet Hughes announces that she is to leave the flagship identity assurance scheme at the end of this week

20 May 2016 Digital, Data & Technology

Flagship GOV.UK Verify service set to go live — but GDS vows no "big bang" disruption

Online verification service passes service assessment, as Janet Hughes vows to listen and learn as scheme is introduced across departments

28 Jan 2016 Civil Service Reform

Government Digital Service programme director Janet Hughes: What if boldness were an explicit value of the civil service?

Civil servants will always need to be honest, impartial, objective, and act with integrity – but we must make sure we don’t encourage passivity or inertia