Articles tagged with: Queen Elizabeth II
DfT boss Bernadette Kelly: ‘I could write a book on the journey to opening Crossrail – but I always believed it would come good in the end’
19 Dec 2022 Leadership
DfT boss Bernadette Kelly: ‘I could write a book on the journey to opening Crossrail – but I always believed it would come good in the end’
It was “pleasing and poignant” that the Elizabeth Line opened in time for the Queen to open it, the Department for Transport perm sec writes
Simon Case: ‘The thing I found most difficult in 2022? Telling the PM the Queen had died’
12 Dec 2022
Simon Case: ‘The thing I found most difficult in 2022? Telling the PM the Queen had died’
In the first entry of CSW’s annual permanent secretaries’ round-up, the cabinet secretary shares his reflections on an eventful year
Bridge builders: How civil servants helped the nation mourn Queen Elizabeth II
15 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
Bridge builders: How civil servants helped the nation mourn Queen Elizabeth II
Operation Bridges included the organisation of national and international mourning for the UK’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Here, CSW hears from four of the many civil servants who worked on the operation
Queen Elizabeth II: CSW's tribute issue
20 Sep 2022
Queen Elizabeth II: CSW's tribute issue
We explore the monarch's relationship with her civil service, and former officials share memories
'They say you should never meet your heroes. I am glad I got to know mine'': Former officials pay tribute to the Queen
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
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II, the 'ultimate public servant'
16 Sep 2022
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II, the 'ultimate public servant'
We explore the institutional and personal links between the UK’s longest-reigning monarch and the officials who served her many governments
Civil servants ‘have much to learn’ from Queen Elizabeth II
16 Sep 2022 HR
Civil servants ‘have much to learn’ from Queen Elizabeth II
Jeremy Heywood’s former PPS looks at what the late monarch can teach departmental officials
Union postpones courts strikes following Queen’s death
12 Sep 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Union postpones courts strikes following Queen’s death
Week of industrial action was in protest at HMCTS’s Common Platform IT system
Public bodies told to scale back publishing following Queen’s death
09 Sep 2022 Communications
Public bodies told to scale back publishing following Queen’s death
Cabinet Office internal communications guidance says "vast majority” of social media and GOV.UK output should be suspended
'Your late mother was universally loved': Cab sec offers condolences to King Charles Exclusive
09 Sep 2022
'Your late mother was universally loved': Cab sec offers condolences to King Charles
Simon Case tells new monarch he can count on civil service's “dedication to and pride in serving Your Majesty”
‘The ultimate public servant’: Civil service heavyweights pay tribute to the Queen
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
Liz Truss leads tributes to Queen Elizabeth, 'the rock on which our country was built'
08 Sep 2022
Liz Truss leads tributes to Queen Elizabeth, 'the rock on which our country was built'
World leaders and ministers praise monarch's legacy after Buckingham Palace confirms the Queen has died aged 96
Queen’s Speech: Government pledges to ‘grow and strengthen economy’ amid cost-of-living crisis
10 May 2022 Economy
Queen’s Speech: Government pledges to ‘grow and strengthen economy’ amid cost-of-living crisis
Speech includes no new measures despite saying ministers understand "how the rising cost of living is making life harder for people"
The Queen's portrait row at BEIS reminds us patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel
18 Feb 2022
The Queen's portrait row at BEIS reminds us patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel
As Kwasi Kwarteng refuses to quash a fake news story, the PM's 18th century namesake has some useful lessons for members of the current cabinet
Damehoods for Elizabeth Gardiner and Kate Bingham: all the civil servants in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours
14 Jun 2021 HR
Damehoods for Elizabeth Gardiner and Kate Bingham: all the civil servants in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours
Universal Credit head Neil Couling and ex-deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara also recognised
Moriarty and Sterling head up Queen’s Birthday Honours
10 Oct 2020 HR
Moriarty and Sterling head up Queen’s Birthday Honours
Deferred awards include hundreds of frontline staff and community workers saluted for their pandemic response
‘Everybody has been doing the most incredible work. I’m very impressed’: Queen’s tribute to FCO staff
27 Jul 2020 Foreign Affairs
‘Everybody has been doing the most incredible work. I’m very impressed’: Queen’s tribute to FCO staff
Head of state praises department’s coronavirus work on virtual visit as portrait is unveiled
Queen's Speech: Brexit and NHS among priorities as justice royal commission is announced
19 Dec 2019 Analysis
Queen's Speech: Brexit and NHS among priorities as justice royal commission is announced

30-bill legislative programme includes measures to develop new immigration rules and post-Brexit trade plans
NI secretary quashes reports all pictures of the Queen have been removed after civil servant complaint
02 Aug 2019 Leadership
NI secretary quashes reports all pictures of the Queen have been removed after civil servant complaint

Peer had claimed that all pictures of the Queen had been removed from the NIO’s Stormont offices
MoD and DCMS perm secs among civil servants recognised in Queen’s birthday honours
10 Jun 2019 HR
MoD and DCMS perm secs among civil servants recognised in Queen’s birthday honours

Read CSW's list of civil servants honoured
DCMS perm sec Sue Owen among Whitehall recipients in Queen’s birthday honours
11 Jun 2018 Civil Service Reform
DCMS perm sec Sue Owen among Whitehall recipients in Queen’s birthday honours

Read the full list of civil servants honoured
Queen’s Speech: Eight bills proposed to prepare Whitehall for Brexit as union slams government's failure to end pay cap
21 Jun 2017 Brexit
Queen’s Speech: Eight bills proposed to prepare Whitehall for Brexit as union slams government's failure to end pay cap

Britain's departure from the EU dominates as a number of Conservative manifesto pledges are dropped from legislative programme
Queen's Birthday Honours: knighthoods for perm secs Tom Scholar and Chris Wormald while Shan Morgan becomes a dame
17 Jun 2017 Education
Queen's Birthday Honours: knighthoods for perm secs Tom Scholar and Chris Wormald while Shan Morgan becomes a dame

Queen’s Birthday Honours list also includes knighthood for UN under-secretary general Stephen O’Brien
Queen hosts celebration of women in the senior civil service
22 Feb 2017 HR
Queen hosts celebration of women in the senior civil service

Dames Stella Rimington and Ursula Brennan among a group of female leaders who gathered at Buckingham Palace to mark growing number of women joining top ranks of civil service