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DfE looks to improve use of social media
Department seeks to reduce calls and emails from the public via more effective use of digital channels
Government guidance defends Get Ready for Brexit countdown calendar
Campaign factsheet acknowledges, but refutes, questions over politicisation of civil service
Civil Service Awards 2019: full shortlist revealed
Fifty-strong list of individuals and teams reveals those in the running for honours in the 14th annual Civil Service Awards
Government borrowing to soar past forecast after Boris Johnson spending pledges – IFS
Think tank concludes that Conservative spending plans are closer to Labour’s 2017 election pledges than their own proposals
DfT ‘reviewing’ executive pay arrangements after Crossrail fiasco
Highways England, Network Rail and HS2 will be expected to justify performance-related-pay awards to ministers
Martin Wheatley: salvaging the stopgap spending review
The government’s one year Spending Round has brought very little security to departments. But it does recognise that government much be more strategic
Public bodies should pay board members, commissioner says
Younger and ethnic-minority candidates put off by "financial disincentive" of unpaid board positions
Estates and smart working: priorities for the government property profession
Head of the government property profession Janet Young tells Civil Service World how she is helping build expertise around government.
Cabinet Office names head of new military veterans’ unit
Help for Heroes recovery director Retired Colonel David Richmond will take on cross-government role
GDPR blamed for doubling of Whitehall’s recorded data breaches
Some departments report vast increases following introduction of new data-protection legislation
GDS signs ‘robust’ data-sharing agreements with three quarters of departments
Organisation is working through ‘some points of detail’ with four that are yet to sign
Cabinet Office sets out savings projections for GOV.UK Notify
Update predicts messaging service efficiencies will be £10m a year less than before
Sedwill says 'lessons will be learned' after PM's police speech row
Shadow minister says Boris Johnson’s behaviour is a source of “unease” in civil service
Dave Penman: PM must protect civil service values in unprecedented times
The Brexit-driven drama of Westminster ratchets up daily, but civil servants must be allowed space to do their job in safety, says FDA union chief
Boris Johnson reveals government’s Brexit backstop alternative
Johnson calls for 'compromise' as he sets out proposed Brexit Irish border plan
Council chief named new Government Property Agency chair
Newcastle City Council chief to help manage cross-government property efficiency drive
The Old War Office and Peace: Government Property Agency chair on offices past, present and future
In CSW’s estates and smart working special report, GPA chair Liz Peace recalled how offices across government have changed, and the need to keep improving
DfT to trigger Operation Brock on 28 October to prepare for Brexit disruption
Announcement comes as HMRC confirms it has registered 95,000 businesses for simplified import procedures
What's changed? Boris Johnson's Brexit deal explained
Boris Johnson has hailed his new Brexit deal with the EU ahead of a parliamentary vote tomorrow. What’s changed since the last one?
Seen, but not heard: should ex-civil servants keep schtum on current affairs?
Former officials have an increasingly public role in national debate – is that always a good thing? Suzannah Brecknell explores how retired mandarins balance their duty to contribute to the public...
EXPLAINED: Every bill in the Queen’s Speech
Legislation to deliver Brexit dominated Boris Johnson’s first Queen’s Speech, which also had a strong law and order theme
Civil Service Awards 2019: full shortlist revealed
Fifty-strong list of individuals and teams reveals those in the running for honours in the 14th annual Civil Service Awards
Perms secs urged to take charge of outsourcing to address 'repeated failures'
IfG highlights outsourcing failures, but concludes blanket reversal would lose benefits of approach
Former Countryside Alliance chief confirmed in civil service brief at Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office details full brief of Simon Hart and other Cabinet Office ministers, one month after appointment
Estates and smart working: rolling out reform in the Welsh Government
The Welsh Government's award-winning smart working project in its Merthyr Tydfil office has set a template that is being rolled out across all its civil service buildings. Welsh Government chief...
DfT agencies need more ministerial leadership, Shapps says
Transport secretary also reveals Northern franchise could be nationalised over contractor's poor performance
Departments now testing no-deal Brexit systems but out of time to fix problems, reveals NAO
Spending watchdog warns there are significant Brexit risks 'beyond government's control'
Roundtable: Rules of engagement
Jonathan Owen reports on a round table discussion exploring how government can adopt and exploit the potential of automation and artificial intelligence
Roundtable: Stimulating digital innovation
Technological change presents an opportunity for things to be done in a different way. Jonathan Owen reports on a round table where leading civil servants came together to work out how to go about...
Civil Service Awards 2019: full shortlist revealed
Fifty-strong list of individuals and teams reveals those in the running for honours in the 14th annual Civil Service Awards