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Higher Education Policy Institute sounds alarm on un-recouped student loans
Civil service memo on Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon's private conversation with French Ambassador originated in Scotland Office, it emerges, as Cabinet Office-led leak inquiry gets underway
Public Administration Select Committee attacks Treasury decision to publish letter on sharing the pound with an independent Scotland, and warns Scottish government's own 'White Paper' too political
Downing Street spokesperson says David Cameron disagrees with unions' view that civil service code change will undermine transparency
NAO chief Amyas Morse warns officials may not be thinking through implications of spending reductions
Departments tell National Audit Office cross-government working would be bolstered by better 'support and challenge' at the centre of government
Whitehall should be prepared to take responsibility for delivering programmes, says Troubled Families chief Louise Casey
Former cabinet secretary warns too many politicians 'don't get' poverty
New HMT and Cabinet Office plan to highlight UK taxpayer funding sparks SNP attack
Treasury favourite leaves for Ofcom in March 2015
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has denied telling its employees how to vote in the Scottish referendum, after its permanent secretary Robert Devereux issued department-wide guidance on the topic.
The Lords’ European Union Committee has called for the creation of a cross-government communications strategy regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – a proposed free trade agreement between the EU and the US.
The government will recruit 100 “digital natives” into its communications arms, comms chief Alex Aiken announced yesterday.
Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood (pictured) and Treasury permanent secretary Sir Nicholas Macpherson are to investigate whether the prime minister broke government rules by writing an official letter to nearly two million businesses on the eve of European elections.
Departments must stop using commercial confidentiality as a reason for withholding information about contracts, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said in a report published today.
The Home Office, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Cabinet Office are combining their internal design teams to create a new cross-government shared service, CSW can reveal.
The gov.uk website is to be adapted to ensure that the civil service communications profession can more easily use it to run campaigns, the government’s executive director for communications Alex Aiken (pictured below) has told Civil Service World.
The annual Civil Service People Survey (CSPS) shows increased satisfaction with training opportunities this year, but another fall in scores associated with pay and benefits.
The reforms to the government's communications profession will include the launch of a new talent management scheme, executive director of government communications Alex Aiken has told CSW.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has won a national award for its use of social media.
The information commissioner, Christopher Graham, has slammed the “crazy” system of funding for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and claimed that the body is in danger of becoming overloaded with work.
Government has launched its new communications plan, setting out the key campaigns for all government communications hubs over the next year.
The Justice Select Committee’s review of the Freedom of Information Act is “an opportunity missed to create more certainty around policy advice”, former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell has told CSW.
All departmental communications functions are to be assessed over the next 18 months as part of a new capability review process, CSW has learned.