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12 Mar Civil Service Reform

Brown, Major and O'Donnell: Cabinet Office and No.10 are too big and inefficient

The former prime ministers and cab sec warn of "massive rise in the number of bureaucrats" at the centre of government

'Very worrying': Interest in the Civil Service Fast Stream plummets

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12 Mar HR

'Very worrying': Interest in the Civil Service Fast Stream plummets

As Civil Service Fast Stream applications fall dramatically for a second year, experts weigh in on the "worrying" trend

01 Nov 2023 HR

‘Rubbish’ pay, the training ‘taboo’ and waning diversity: Insights from a civil service reform talk with ex-cab sec Gus O’Donnell

Highlights from a civil reform chat with O'Donnell, Civil Unrest report author Amy Gandon, and Reform director Charlotte Pickles

10 Oct 2023 Coronavirus

Covid Inquiry: Ex-cab sec questioned over ‘at war’ No.10

Gus O’Donnell says he had “relatively easy time” compared with successors

10 Jul 2023 Communications

Lunch with....Ofcom chief exec and former communities perm sec Melanie Dawes

The chief executive of Ofcom breaks bread with Jess Bowie

24 May 2023 Communications

Braverman's missed PR move and 'terrifying' Sue Gray: Five things we learned at the IfG’s civil service impartiality summit

The home secretary missed a trick by skipping her speed-awareness course, while Gus O’Donnell fears a crony takeover of Whitehall

23 May 2023 HR

SCS pay ‘not enough to live on in London’, ex-cabinet secretary warns

Gus O’Donnell says a pay hike is needed to fix churn and boost diversity in the civil service

16 Sep 2022

'They say you should never meet your heroes. I am glad I got to know mine'': Former officials pay tribute to the Queen

Writing for CSW, former senior officials and others pay tribute to Her Majesty the Queen, reflect on her relationship with the civil service and share their memories of personal encounters with the monarch

12 Sep 2022 HR

Tom Scholar sacking ‘start of perm sec purge’

'Makes no sense': Unions and former permanent secretaries slam decision

09 Sep 2022 HR

‘The ultimate public servant’: Civil service heavyweights pay tribute to the Queen

Former cabinet secretaries, perm secs and unions mark passing of nation’s longest-serving monarch

06 Sep 2022 Civil Service Reform

Tory attacks on civil service ‘pathetic’, George Osborne says

Former chancellor and ex cabinet secretary call for Liz Truss to end "war” on Whitehall

11 Feb 2019 Brexit

Kerslake and O’Donnell call for Article 50 extension

Former head of the home civil service and ex-cabinet secretary say nation is simply not ready for 29 March Brexit

01 Feb 2017 Brexit

Liam Fox slams former civil service chiefs over criticism of his department

International trade secretary pushes back against Lord O'Donnell and Sir Andrew Cahn's House mag and CSW comments on the work of his new ministry

31 Aug 2016 Brexit

Former cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell: use fiscal policy to get Brexit economy moving

Britain's former top civil servant argues that we must “push back” deadline for achieving budget surplus in light of post-referendum economic uncertainty

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