People Survey 2025: Civil servants happier with pay and more ‘engaged’
27 Feb HR

People Survey 2025: Civil servants happier with pay and more ‘engaged’

But officials also express concerns over learning and development opportunities and bosses’ change-management skills
by Jim Dunton
Fair Work Agency chief named
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Fair Work Agency chief named
People Survey 2025: Civil servants set out AI gains and expectations
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People Survey 2025: Civil servants set out AI gains and expectations
Hybrid working: GPA helping departments to meet 60% mandate
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Hybrid working: GPA helping departments to meet 60% mandate
'Coherence is needed': Government urged to leverage its £400bn procurement bill to aid missions drive
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'Coherence is needed': Government urged to leverage its £400bn procurement bill to aid missions drive
Think tank says better approaches to spending – including backing the civil service to be less risk-averse – can deliver results
Fast Stream gets biggest ever number of applicants Exclusive
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Fast Stream gets biggest ever number of applicants
More than 70,000 apply for 2025 Fast Stream intake, newly-published data shows
Public want higher professional standards for government IT staff
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Public want higher professional standards for government IT staff
Survey finds strong support for a mandatory register of public sector IT workers, similar to that used for doctors
'Dangerously violent': Unions slam Arron Banks' comments on civil servants
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'Dangerously violent': Unions slam Arron Banks' comments on civil servants
Unions hit out at comments from Banks comparing Reform's approach to the civil service with the Bolshevik murders of intellectuals in 1917
Average salary for SCS lower in London than rest of England
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Average salary for SCS lower in London than rest of England
Senior civil service is only grade where median salary in England is higher when London is excluded
Former DHSC director general to become charity chief
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Former DHSC director general to become charity chief
Michelle Dyson will take up post as Alzheimer’s Society chief exec in November
MPs ‘must wait’ for answers to concerns about departments’ tech procurement
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MPs ‘must wait’ for answers to concerns about departments’ tech procurement
Public Accounts Committee warned ministers of serious skills and accountability challenges
Border Force staff balloted for strike action
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Border Force staff balloted for strike action
Patrol-boat workers’ dispute focuses on terms, conditions and “frozen” allowances
Minister encourages civil servants to volunteer in NHS
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Minister encourages civil servants to volunteer in NHS
Health minister Ashley Dalton says civil servants’ contribution would be particularly valuable given their “professionalism and integrity”
The human handbrake: Why good ideas so often ‘hit the wall’ in Whitehall
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The human handbrake: Why good ideas so often ‘hit the wall’ in Whitehall
Whitehall rewards “policy heroes” over those who can deliver
FCDO cuts jeopardise UK’s standing at United Nations, MPs warn
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FCDO cuts jeopardise UK’s standing at United Nations, MPs warn
Report says spending plans “risk ceding further influence to China and Russia” and will “open the door” to adversaries
Civil service networks issued with formal guidance
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Civil service networks issued with formal guidance
Nick Thomas-Symonds says government is "taking action to prevent inappropriate uses of networks in the civil service"