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In a new column examining ideas from governments around the world, Joshua Chambers looks at how India is including its citizens in public service delivery
DCLG’s Troubled Families Unit won the Policy Award
MI5 makes charity’s list of top employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual people
The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has appointed four new board members, it was announced on Monday 8 December.
The Department of Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decision to close the Independent Living Fund (ILF) for disabled people was ruled lawful by the High Court, on Monday 8 December.
The DWP now assesses 95% of new child maintenance cases accurately, the NAO has found
The government will continue to restrain public sector pay in the next Parliament, George Osborne announced in his Autumn Statement today.
Government and police officials must ensure all civil servants and police officers are aware of female genital mutilation (FGM) and how to tackle it, said parliamentary under secretary of state for communities and local government Stephen Williams (pictured), last week.
A further six month delay in the roll-out of Universal Credit could cost the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) £2.3bn in lost societal benefits, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) should “marginalise” the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) if disputes cannot “be ended by agreement”, recommends a strategy paper on employee and industrial relations leaked yesterday.
Bronwyn Hill explains why she loves going to her rowing club every weekend – and she hasn’t picked a genteel West London group!
The appointment of women to the boards of public bodies has reached a record high, according to the commissioner for public appointments, Sir David Normington.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra’s) flood defence resources are limited and current spending is “insufficient to meet many of the maintenance needs” identified by the Environment Agency (EA), the National Audit Office (NAO) said today.
Katherine Kerswell has criticised the Department for Communities & Local Government (DCLG) for attacking local authorities over parking fees.
Björn Conway, EY Government and Public Sector Leader, gives his outside perspective of the civil service
The public sector will have to work smarter and redesign key services to tackle the deficit and start reducing debt by 2018, according to Deloitte’s annual State of the State report.
The think tank The Centre for London has called for greater fiscal power and power over services to be transferred from Whitehall to City Hall.
Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People wants to speed things up
Call for power to classify protected characteristics to be devolved to Scotland
Crown steps up efforts to tackle historical sexual abuse
Mark Serwotka was re-elected for a fourth term as general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services union on 23 October.
Atam Verdi, Director at the property regeneration consultancy, gives and outside perspective of the civil service
Almost two thirds (65%) of civil servants have suffered from ill health as a result of stress at work, one fifth (19%) of which have taken more than 40 days off within a 12 month period as a result of stress-related ill health, new surveys from the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union reveal.
The Department of Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decision to close the Independent Living Fund (ILF) for disabled people was challenged by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on 22 October.