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    Economics

    Keep up-to-date with the latest Economics news from Civil Service World
    Starmer shakes up No.10 operation with Minouche Shafik and Darren Jones picks
    01 Sep Economics

    Starmer shakes up No.10 operation with Minouche Shafik and Darren Jones picks

    Jones appointed to new chief secretary to the PM position
    by Tevye Markson
    HMRC error means public sector borrowing was overestimated by £3bn
    09 Oct Economics
    HMRC error means public sector borrowing was overestimated by £3bn
    DHSC second perm sec appointed as National Wealth Fund NED
    02 Oct Economics
    DHSC second perm sec appointed as National Wealth Fund NED
    Promising to do more with less has obvious attractions – but what happens if these gains fail to materialise?
    22 Sep Economics
    Promising to do more with less has obvious attractions – but what happens if these gains fail to materialise?
    Quarter of top Whitehall jobs go to private sector candidates – Civil Service Commission
    25 Jul 2016 Economics
    Quarter of top Whitehall jobs go to private sector candidates – Civil Service Commission

    26% of competitions overseen by Whitehall's jobs watchdog saw private sector candidates appointed in 2015-16, new data show


    Overstretched civil service being set up to fail on Brexit, says NAO boss Amyas Morse
    21 Jul 2016 Economics
    Overstretched civil service being set up to fail on Brexit, says NAO boss Amyas Morse

    Major speech by the head of the public spending watchdog warns ministers to stop asking the civil service to run on "perpetual overload"


    Treasury's 'top-down' handling of Spending Review blasted by the NAO
    21 Jul 2016 Economics
    Treasury's "top-down" handling of Spending Review blasted by the NAO

    Watchdog says "less transactional" process is required and criticises Single Departmental Plans for failing to meet transparency goals


    Home Office brings in security expert Patsy Wilkinson to replace Olly Robbins
    20 Jul 2016 Economics
    Home Office brings in security expert Patsy Wilkinson to replace Olly Robbins

     Former head of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure, which reports to MI5, is drafted in to replace Home Office void left by departure of Olly Robbins


    Top commercial staff to ditch traditional civil service grade structure
    20 Jul 2016 Economics
    Top commercial staff to ditch traditional civil service grade structure

    "Senior cadre" of specialists will sit outside of the familiar Whitehall hierarchy as part of efforts to give them a more clearly-defined career structure


    Departments – not Cabinet Office – know best on agency oversight, says civil service chief John Manzoni
    19 Jul 2016 Economics
    Departments – not Cabinet Office – know best on agency oversight, says civil service chief John Manzoni

    John Manzoni tells MPs that departments and their agencies should be seen as a "total delivery system", with departments best placed to decide the level of oversight needed​


    Former HMRC chief exec Lin Homer takes up Birmingham University role
    19 Jul 2016 Economics
    Former HMRC chief exec Lin Homer takes up Birmingham University role

    Advisory Committee on Business Appointments gives the nod to unpaid Birmingham University role for the former HMRC chief


    Charity flags concern over 'unfair' public sector debt collectors
    19 Jul 2016 Economics
    Charity flags concern over "unfair" public sector debt collectors

    Charity calls for good practice standards, as survey highlights concerns about unfair treatment by local authorities and Department for Work and Pensions


    Department for Exiting the European Union has forty staff — with view to taking on a “couple of hundred”
    18 Jul 2016 Economics
    Department for Exiting the European Union has forty staff — with view to taking on a “couple of hundred”

    Brexit secretary David Davis says "the most brilliant people in Whitehall" are looking to work for his new department


    Theresa May's higher education shake-up makes BIS Sheffield closure look 'perverse' – former BIS adviser
    15 Jul 2016 Economics
    Theresa May's higher education shake-up makes BIS Sheffield closure look "perverse" – former BIS adviser

    Former special adviser to universities minister David Willetts says moving higher education policy to the Department for Education creates an "extra layer of uncertainty" at a time when institutional memory is needed


    Civil service unions blast 'hypocrite' David Cameron as he boosts Spads' exit pay – and over-rules John Manzoni
    15 Jul 2016 Economics
    Civil service unions blast "hypocrite" David Cameron as he boosts Spads' exit pay – and over-rules John Manzoni

    One-month boost to exit packages for all outgoing Spads who were reappointed in 2015 comes as Cabinet Office seeks to reduce civil service redundancy pay – and triggers request for ministerial direction from the department's most senior official, John Manzoni


    Crown Commercial Service to stop charging departments for its services
    13 Jul 2016 Economics
    Crown Commercial Service to stop charging departments for its services

    Central procurement agency announces that it is to phase out reliance on managed service fees


    Andrea Leadsom pulls out of Tory race – paving way for Theresa May to become prime minister
    11 Jul 2016 Economics
    Andrea Leadsom pulls out of Tory race – paving way for Theresa May to become prime minister

    Leadsom says interests of the UK "best served by the immediate appointment of a strong and well-supported prime minister" and confirms she is standing aside


    Controversial civil service performance management to stay until 2018 “at earliest”
    11 Jul 2016 Economics
    Controversial civil service performance management to stay until 2018 “at earliest”

    Cabinet Office confirms pilots will test changes to civil service-wide staff grading system, but draws fire for “frustratingly slow” progress


    Lack of Whitehall Brexit planning 'not an oversight', says foreign secretary Philip Hammond
    07 Jul 2016 Economics
    Lack of Whitehall Brexit planning "not an oversight", says foreign secretary Philip Hammond

    Foreign secretary tells MPs that government wanted to avoid making "an unwarranted intervention in the course of the campaign" over Britain's place in the European Union


    Andrea Leadsom and Theresa May to go head-to-head in race to be new prime minister
    07 Jul 2016 Economics
    Andrea Leadsom and Theresa May to go head-to-head in race to be new prime minister

    Energy minister – who wants to trigger Article 50 sooner rather than later – knocks Michael Gove out of the race to be Tory leader


    New Treasury perm sec Tom Scholar grilled over Brexit contingency planning
    07 Jul 2016 Economics
    New Treasury perm sec Tom Scholar grilled over Brexit contingency planning

    Tom Scholar rejects suggestion referendum preparations were weak and focused on securing a “Remain” result – but confirms existence of civil service-wide resource review


    Ministers urged to ditch 'retrograde' shake-up of anti-sleaze appointments watchdog
    07 Jul 2016 Economics
    Ministers urged to ditch "retrograde" shake-up of anti-sleaze appointments watchdog

    The Grimstone overhaul of the Commissioner for Public Appointments "risks a loss of public confidence and trust" in the way key quango jobs are filled, warn MPs on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee


    Digital Economy Bill aims to make it easier for public bodies to share data and collect debt
    07 Jul 2016 Economics
    Digital Economy Bill aims to make it easier for public bodies to share data and collect debt

    Bill focuses on removing the legal barriers stopping public bodies from exchanging information


    DWP staff urged to save with credit unions as new payroll scheme launches
    06 Jul 2016 Economics
    DWP staff urged to save with credit unions as new payroll scheme launches

    Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) 85,000 staff will be encouraged to save with member-owned financial institutions


    John Manzoni on shared services; Land Registry privatisation paused; and the case against civil service diversity quotas – three non-Brexit stories you may have missed
    04 Jul 2016 Economics
    John Manzoni on shared services; Land Registry privatisation paused; and the case against civil service diversity quotas – three non-Brexit stories you may have missed

    While all the focus in recent days may have been on the consequences of Britain's historic decision to quit the European Union, that doesn't mean life in Whitehall ground to a halt. Here are three key, non-Brexit stories you may have missed since the referendum result


    Some in Brexit camp believe civil servants are “morons” — Tory MP Bernard Jenkin
    01 Jul 2016 Economics
    Some in Brexit camp believe civil servants are “morons” — Tory MP Bernard Jenkin

    Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee says response to Britain's vote to quit the EU is "a very important moment for the civil service" — and says he wants to defeat critics waiting for Whitehall to fudge its handling of Brexit


    Crown Commercial Service: too early to say what Brexit will mean for procurement
    30 Jun 2016 Economics
    Crown Commercial Service: too early to say what Brexit will mean for procurement

    CCS says it is "considering the longer term opportunities and will be advising ministers" on what Brexit means for public sector procurement


    Theresa May pledges Brexit department – as Boris Johnson withdrawal boosts her chances of being next PM
    30 Jun 2016 Economics
    Theresa May pledges Brexit department – as Boris Johnson withdrawal boosts her chances of being next PM

    Home secretary launches leadership bid with promise to set up new department to negotiate Britain's exit from the European Union – and rules out general election before 2020


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