Unions slam Reform UK plans to oust perm secs and cut 68,500 jobs
15 Dec Finance

Unions slam Reform UK plans to oust perm secs and cut 68,500 jobs

Party announces more details of civil service reform policies including weakening pensions in favour of higher bonuses, increasing office working and big cuts to policy profession
by Tevye Markson
Bosses need better insight on how civil servants spend their time, MPs say
15 Dec Finance
Bosses need better insight on how civil servants spend their time, MPs say
Michael Gove: Government should break up Treasury
08 Dec Finance
Michael Gove: Government should break up Treasury
OBR chair Richard Hughes quits over Budget-document bungle
02 Dec Finance
OBR chair Richard Hughes quits over Budget-document bungle
Mini-budget: Kwarteng scraps Office of Tax Simplification
23 Sep 2022 Finance
Mini-budget: Kwarteng scraps Office of Tax Simplification
Chancellor says fiscal reform will be embedded “into the heart of government” in future
PM's growth vision 'entirely consistent with levelling up', DLUHC perm sec says
23 Sep 2022 Finance
PM's growth vision 'entirely consistent with levelling up', DLUHC perm sec says
Jeremy Pocklington tells MPs flagship Johnson policy aligns with Truss’s growth drive
Treasury rejects call for OBR forecast alongside mini-budget
21 Sep 2022 Finance
Treasury rejects call for OBR forecast alongside mini-budget
MPs' request for "vital" assessment rejected, with Treasury citing need to move at "immense speed"
Kwarteng ‘will need to tweak fiscal rules’ for £30bn tax cuts
20 Sep 2022 Finance
Kwarteng ‘will need to tweak fiscal rules’ for £30bn tax cuts
Chancellor also eyes new “low-tax growth zones” and planning reforms in mini-budget
Kwarteng to hold mini-budget next Friday
16 Sep 2022 Finance
Kwarteng to hold mini-budget next Friday
Fiscal event will set out new PM’s tax-cut plans and give further details on energy price-cap
Truss ‘must not scrap Outcome Delivery Plans’
15 Sep 2022 Finance
Truss ‘must not scrap Outcome Delivery Plans’
Monitoring system will be crucial for keeping track of departments’ progress over next two years, says Institute for Government
IFS chief calls for transparency on energy price-cap analysis
14 Sep 2022 Finance
IFS chief calls for transparency on energy price-cap analysis
Truss and Kwarteng urged to publish assessments supporting “biggest single fiscal event” in decades
Truss’s energy plans a 'missed opportunity', think tank says
13 Sep 2022 Finance
Truss’s energy plans a 'missed opportunity', think tank says
Boosting energy efficiency in homes must be part of government’s strategy, IfG says
Kwarteng sacks Treasury perm sec Tom Scholar
08 Sep 2022 Finance
Kwarteng sacks Treasury perm sec Tom Scholar
New chancellor’s change-of-leadership demand sees Scholar leave ‘with immediate effect’
DfE perm sec insists 5.4% pay rise for teachers is affordable
08 Sep 2022 Finance
DfE perm sec insists 5.4% pay rise for teachers is affordable
Susan Acland-Hood tells MPs surging inflation should not prevent schools from delivering commitment
Cost of living: Civil servants reminded of 'financial lifelines' as cab sec admits 'people are worried' Exclusive
23 Aug 2022 Finance
Cost of living: Civil servants reminded of 'financial lifelines' as cab sec admits 'people are worried'
"We benefit ourselves from the very schemes and support packages that we have helped to put in place," Simon Case says
Cabinet Office to lose 25% of staff in civil service job-cut drive, Rees-Mogg says
19 Aug 2022 Finance
Cabinet Office to lose 25% of staff in civil service job-cut drive, Rees-Mogg says
Department to “lead by example” in headcount reduction, minister says, in attack on "bureaucratic bloat of Whitehall"