Professions
Sedwill salutes 'dignified and selfless' Darroch in morale-boosting memo
Respect in civil service is ‘earned and deserved’, cabinet secretary tells officials after ambassador’s resignation
Big names unite to defend civil service impartiality
Sir David Normington tells event that attacks on officials could be "passing phase" or "existential threat"
Darroch email leak investigation will be 'large-scale, government-wide inquiry'
Foreign Office permanent secretary says probe will be government-wide as emails had a "very wide" readership in Whitehall
Spending Review 2019? The cost of postponement, the opportunity of delay
A combination of Brexit and the Conservative leadership campaign has all but officially postponed the 2019 Spending Review. Beckie Smith and Richard Johnstone look at what impact the delay will...
Pension reform: PCS warns trust in Treasury is low as Truss promises talks
Union says postponed revaluation of civil service scheme would have likely led to a cut in employee contributions
MHCLG sees staff costs rise by 22% as headcount grows
Department’s annual report details £46.5m rise against 700-strong boost in workers
Pension reform: PCS warns trust in Treasury is low as Truss promises talks
Union says postponed revaluation of civil service scheme would have likely led to a cut in employee contributions
New Office for Tackling Injustices joins Cabinet Office equalities hub
Outgoing prime minster Theresa May says tackling societal injustice requires a long-term focus
Home Office ramps up tech training
Number of staff taking courses has more than trebled in last three years
ICO strategy focuses on public awareness and FOI reform
Regulator publishes Openness by Design three-year plan
HMRC seeks £3m partner to help meet ‘ambitious timeline' for customs platform
Department floats two-year contact to support delivery of tech and infrastructure
Home Office report into Windrush scandal condemns 'hostile environment' immigration policy
Report commissioned by the department says civil servants were ‘rightly appalled by what happened’ but this was ‘often juxtaposed with a self-justification’
DfT perm sec warned of ‘high likelihood’ of Brexit ferry payout before contract award
NAO report also reveals the department considered it was unlikely to be able defend any action against it for breaching procurement rules
Home Office scraps six-month target for asylum decisions
Department confirms the move, which it says will allow it to prioritise most vulnerable cases
New Office for Tackling Injustices joins Cabinet Office equalities hub
Outgoing prime minster Theresa May says tackling societal injustice requires a long-term focus
Former Shell exec named government projects chief
Nick Smallwood replaces Tony Meggs at joint Treasury and Cabinet Office agency
Foreign Office to bring 14,000 treaties into single online public database
Site due to go live next year
New Office for Tackling Injustices joins Cabinet Office equalities hub
Outgoing prime minster Theresa May says tackling societal injustice requires a long-term focus
Politicians, not civil servants, to blame for Brexit deadlock says PACAC chair
Bernard Jenkin highlights the way Margaret Thatcher worked with the civil service to implement major policy changes as example for incoming PM
DWP told to probe benefits system support for terminally ill
Secretary of state Amber Rudd pledges “fresh and honest” examination with medical and charity input
DfT's 'rushed and risky' no-deal freight procurement cost the government £85m
Benefits agreed in £33m Eurotunnel settlement “little more than window dressing”, MPs say
Contract management: Gareth Rhys Williams reports on six months of training Whitehall’s goalkeepers
Government chief commercial officer Gareth Rhys Williams has set out ambitious plans to improve contract management across government. He tells CSW what has been achieved in the first six months...
Home Office leads public sector Amazon spending
Union criticises government’s £46.9m spent with supplier in 2018
Home Office’s ‘unhealthy good news culture’ blamed for Emergency Services Network delays
Further cost increases to much-delayed and over-budget programme "inevitable", committee says
DfT's 'rushed and risky' no-deal freight procurement cost the government £85m
Benefits agreed in £33m Eurotunnel settlement “little more than window dressing”, MPs say
DWP has 'wilfully missed the point' of Universal Credit tests, MPs say
Committee says department is displaying "a distressing pattern" of ignoring calls to test the managed migration process before pilots
Home Office’s ‘unhealthy good news culture’ blamed for Emergency Services Network delays
Further cost increases to much-delayed and over-budget programme "inevitable", committee says
HMRC hubs to be ‘most digitally advanced buildings in government’
Department signs ‘digital charter’ with 15 companies