Articles tagged with: Cabinet Office
Move 50,000 civil servants to northern 'clusters' to break London 'stranglehold' on policymaking, think tank says
03 Nov 2020 Civil Service Reform
Move 50,000 civil servants to northern 'clusters' to break London 'stranglehold' on policymaking, think tank says
Manchester, Warrington and Liverpool among most promising locations for hubs of similar public organisations, says report on levelling-up agenda
England’s second lockdown could go beyond 2 December, says Michael Gove
02 Nov 2020 Coronavirus
England’s second lockdown could go beyond 2 December, says Michael Gove
Explaining move into a second national lockdown, the Cabinet Office minister says ‘the situation has been worse than any of us expected’
Cabinet Office publishes employee and supplier personal info in data breach
29 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Cabinet Office publishes employee and supplier personal info in data breach
Improperly redacted contract included names and mobile phone numbers – which remained publicly available four days after department had been notified of breach
Anger as Cabinet Office knocks back petition for 10% civil service pay rise
22 Oct 2020 Finance
Anger as Cabinet Office knocks back petition for 10% civil service pay rise
Union dubs response “insulting and misleading” as ministers point to 3.7% rise in public-sector pay compared with 1.2% decrease in private sector
Cabinet Office to pay £300k for mobile data tracking to 'prevent Covid transmission risk'
13 Oct 2020 Commercial
Cabinet Office to pay £300k for mobile data tracking to 'prevent Covid transmission risk'
"Mobile-based location services and digital advertising experts" to monitor footfall and social distancing in shopping "hotspots"
Former Treasury spending DG appointed Cabinet Office second perm sec
09 Oct 2020 Finance
Former Treasury spending DG appointed Cabinet Office second perm sec
James Bowler moves from MoJ, where he led on policy, communications and analysis of the justice system
Civil service starts rollout of guaranteed job interview for veterans
07 Oct 2020 HR
Civil service starts rollout of guaranteed job interview for veterans
Handful of government departments will guarantee ex-service personnel interviews or online tests
'Good people are trapped inside the system': minister for reform blasts 'broken' civil service
06 Oct 2020 Civil Service Reform
'Good people are trapped inside the system': minister for reform blasts 'broken' civil service
Lord Agnew criticises dearth of commercial skills and excess of "urban metropolitan thinkers"
Cabinet Office to probe leaks of asylum-seeker detention ideas
02 Oct 2020 HR
Cabinet Office to probe leaks of asylum-seeker detention ideas
Home Office perm sec Matthew Rycroft tells MPs "everything is on the table" after reports detail controversial blue-sky thinking on offshore holding centres
Civil service “infantilised” by use of consultants, Cabinet Office minister says
30 Sep 2020 Brexit
Civil service “infantilised” by use of consultants, Cabinet Office minister says
Letter seen by the Guardian criticises official capacity to deliver Brexit
Cabinet Office commissions pay benchmarking study to give 'assurance and transparency' for top roles
23 Sep 2020 Civil Service Reform
Cabinet Office commissions pay benchmarking study to give 'assurance and transparency' for top roles
Review will provide 2020 data to support senior and delegated grade recruitment for 47 departments
Perm secs told to get 80% of civil servants into the office by the end of September
07 Sep 2020 Coronavirus
Perm secs told to get 80% of civil servants into the office by the end of September
Union bosses slam target after Sir Mark Sedwill and Alex Chisholm tell department chiefs to "move quickly"
McKinsey nets £1.1m in new contracts supporting government's Covid-19 response Exclusive
28 Aug 2020 Coronavirus
McKinsey nets £1.1m in new contracts supporting government's Covid-19 response
Cabinet Office to pay consultants £750,000 to beef up “Covid-19 task force” advising ministers and leading on implementation of coronavirus measures
Tory grandee Francis Maude gets second run at civil service reform
21 Aug 2020 Civil Service Reform
Tory grandee Francis Maude gets second run at civil service reform
Ex-Cabinet Office minister and Conservative peer brought in to lead Cabinet Office review
Cummings and No.10 policy unit to move to Cabinet Office
13 Aug 2020 Civil Service Reform
Cummings and No.10 policy unit to move to Cabinet Office
The move is seen as part of Cummings-inspired government changes as top adviser has long wanted more control over the civil service by Downing Street
Cabinet Office to mandate 'digital imprints' on online political ads in disinformation crackdown
12 Aug 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Cabinet Office to mandate 'digital imprints' on online political ads in disinformation crackdown
‘We must ensure that there are clear rules to help them see who is behind campaign content online,’ says Chloe Smith
Cabinet Office creates Brexit transition comms hub in countdown to 31 December
24 Jul 2020 Brexit
Cabinet Office creates Brexit transition comms hub in countdown to 31 December
Check, Change, Go campaign launched with lessons from Get Ready for Brexit review, says Cabinet Office perm sec
Cabinet Office takes charge of government use of data again
23 Jul 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Cabinet Office takes charge of government use of data again
Move will ensure 'government departments and the decisions they make are properly joined up', Cabinet Office says
Chisholm takes on churn and ‘costly, inefficient processes’ in the civil service
15 Jul 2020 Civil Service Reform
Chisholm takes on churn and ‘costly, inefficient processes’ in the civil service
Coronavirus crisis has added "renewed weight" to the imperative for reform, COO says
Mark Sedwill’s extraordinary career shows ministers work with talented public servants. They must inspire them, not just challenge them
01 Jul 2020 Civil Service Reform
Mark Sedwill’s extraordinary career shows ministers work with talented public servants. They must inspire them, not just challenge them
The civil service is full of civil servants who have excelled throughout their career. Continued briefing against them won’t get the best from them amid unrepresented challenges, Dave Penman says
'We still fall short': Sedwill pledges more action on inequality in the civil service Exclusive
09 Jun 2020 Civil Service Reform
'We still fall short': Sedwill pledges more action on inequality in the civil service

Covid-19 and killing of George Floyd have shown up “persistent and painful inequalities” in society, cab sec says
Cabinet Office unit to examine racial disparities in Covid-19 infection and death rates
05 Jun 2020 Health & Social Care
Cabinet Office unit to examine racial disparities in Covid-19 infection and death rates

Work to build on PHE review that found death rates are highest among BAME communities – as EHRC launches inquiry
Civil service to start trialling guaranteed job interviews for veterans
06 Feb 2020 Security & Defence
Civil service to start trialling guaranteed job interviews for veterans

Cabinet Office says handful of departments will pilot Conservative manifesto pledge, commencing in weeks
John Manzoni on a year of 'maintaining normal service at a time of extraordinary political complexity'
23 Dec 2019 Leadership
John Manzoni on a year of 'maintaining normal service at a time of extraordinary political complexity'

As 2020 approaches, senior figures from across government reflect on their highlights and challenges of 2019, look ahead to the next 12 months and share their favourite festive memories. Civil service chief executive John Manzoni kicks off our Whitehall roundup