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    Keep up-to-date with the latest Analysis news from Civil Service World
    Buried Treasury? What changes to the chancellor’s special advisers mean for officials
    11 Mar 2020 Analysis

    Buried Treasury? What changes to the chancellor’s special advisers mean for officials

    Plans to merge the Treasury and No.10 teams of political advisers have led to questions about where power lies in the centre of government. Richard Johnstone seeks answers


    by Richard Johnstone
    ‘The opportunity to have organisations of all types publishing data to common standards is really exciting’: why stats regulators' new award matters
    21 Oct 2020 Analysis
    ‘The opportunity to have organisations of all types publishing data to common standards is really exciting’: why stats regulators' new award matters
    Analyse and apologise – the six golden rules of social media in the public sector
    26 Jul 2018 Analysis
    Analyse and apologise – the six golden rules of social media in the public sector
    From command to compromise: Theresa May’s use of Cabinet and Cabinet committees
    23 Jul 2018 Analysis
    From command to compromise: Theresa May’s use of Cabinet and Cabinet committees
    MPs divided on the decision to hire a businessperson as civil service CEO
    30 Oct 2014 Analysis
    MPs divided on the decision to hire a businessperson as civil service CEO

    A survey of MPs reveals a party divide over the decision to hire a businessperson as the new civil service chief.


    Legislation Tracker: Local Government Bill 2014 - 2015
    29 Oct 2014 Analysis
    Legislation Tracker: Local Government Bill 2014 - 2015

    CSW takes a look at the ins and outs of the Local Government (Independence) Bill 2014 - 2015


    Rory Stewart calls for greater local expertise in national strategy and across FCO
    27 Oct 2014 Analysis
    Rory Stewart calls for greater local expertise in national strategy and across FCO

    The Defence Select Committee chair has criticised the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) prioritising management skills over local expertise in its overseas staff, and expressed scepticism over the UK’s approach to developing strategy. 


    In Question: Flexible working
    18 Aug 2014 Analysis
    In Question: Flexible working

    On 27 March, Lucy Powell MP asked 21 departments to explain: what proportion of civil servants, of each sex and grade, work part-time.



     


    Voting is now open
    22 Jul 2014 Analysis
    Voting is now open

    In the first of a series of articles examining digital services, Tim Gibson explains online voter registration – a new IT system lying at the very heart of our democracy.


    BIS officials to role-play gaining ministers’ trust
    18 Jul 2014 Analysis
    BIS officials to role-play gaining ministers’ trust

    Winnie Agbonlahor hears business department perm sec Martin Donnelly explain the value of ‘positive neutrality’ 


    Collective responsibilities
    18 Jul 2014 Analysis
    Collective responsibilities

    Top New Zealand official Iain Rennie is reforming a system often lauded in the UK. Suzannah Brecknell reports


    Rob Whiteman calls for more rigorous policy/finance split
    18 Jul 2014 Analysis
    Rob Whiteman calls for more rigorous policy/finance split

    The UK Border Agency (UKBA), which was this year abolished by home secretary Theresa May, was “never going to work”, its former chief Rob Whiteman told the Public Administration Select Committee on 17 June.


    Official no longer at MoD after £70m IT contract error
    17 Jul 2014 Analysis
    Official no longer at MoD after £70m IT contract error

    An official responsible for an IT contracting error which cost the Ministry of Defence (MoD) £70m is no longer working for the department, its permanent secretary Jon Thompson told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 16 June​.


    Editorial: Don’t squander support for change
    01 Apr 2014 Analysis
    Editorial: Don’t squander support for change

    ‘Forced ranking’ is alienating those sympathetic to reform


    Opinion: Labour’s review of digital services
    28 Mar 2014 Analysis
    Opinion: Labour’s review of digital services

    The government’s ambitious service reform plans effectively ignore digital exclusion, argues Labour front-bencher Chi Onwurah


    Editorial: Even a silence sends a signal
    14 Mar 2014 Analysis
    Editorial: Even a silence sends a signal

    The lack of a diversity strategy speaks volumes


    Opinion: Will Day on sustainable government
    13 Mar 2014 Analysis
    Opinion: Will Day on sustainable government

    The long-term impact of a changing climate is cruelly revealing the weaknesses in our government structures, argues Will Day


    Opinion: the increasing importance of Parliamentary select committees
    24 Feb 2014 Analysis
    Opinion: the increasing importance of Parliamentary select committees

    Select committees are set to broaden the debate, argues Professor Patrick Dunleavy of the London School of Economics.


    Editorial: A currency union could kill both sides
    20 Feb 2014 Analysis
    Editorial: A currency union could kill both sides

    Sharing sterling would threaten both Scotland and the rump UK


    Opinion: David Bell
    05 Feb 2014 Analysis
    Opinion: David Bell

    We need to rethink education – and the DfE’s response to constructive critics, says David Bell


    Opinion: Guy Lodge, IPPR
    03 Feb 2014 Analysis
    Opinion: Guy Lodge, IPPR

    The prime minister should be able to pick permanent secretaries from a list of good candidates, argues Guy Lodge of the IPPR


    Editorial: Resist the politicians’ power-grab
    03 Feb 2014 Analysis
    Editorial: Resist the politicians’ power-grab

    Even small constitutional changes can have big implications


    Editorial: Whitehall is weakening
    30 Jan 2014 Analysis
    Editorial: Whitehall is weakening

    Starved of investment, the civil service is losing key skills.


    Opinion: How best to put people in boxes
    06 Jan 2014 Analysis
    Opinion: How best to put people in boxes

    No-one likes to be stereotyped, but using employee engagement surveys to categorise and understand employees makes sense, argues Jonny Gifford of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).


    Taking the fast train out of Westminster
    19 Dec 2013 Analysis
    Taking the fast train out of Westminster

    Among the departments, the DfT has seen most churn at the top – but since 2010, half have lost as many director-generals as they employ. As Jon Stone reports, turnover among perm secs and junior ministers is even faster


    Opinion: Dave Penman, FDA
    18 Dec 2013 Analysis
    Opinion: Dave Penman, FDA

    Looking for half-full glasses, Dave Penman finds more half-empty ones. Is the government, ever-keen to cut and criticise, drunk on power?


    Editorial: Time for the survivors to pull together
    16 Dec 2013 Analysis
    Editorial: Time for the survivors to pull together

    With the cuts in decline, the focus is on rebuilding capability


    Letter: Bernard Jenkin on Civil Service Reform
    10 Dec 2013 Analysis
    Letter: Bernard Jenkin on Civil Service Reform
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