Civil service appointments down by 38%
01 Dec HR

Civil service appointments down by 38%

Civil Service Commission annual report highlights drop in number of appointments in 2024-25
by Tevye Markson
Civil servants exit Whitehall office ahead of closure next year
02 Dec HR
Civil servants exit Whitehall office ahead of closure next year
Departments get greater freedom to raise senior salaries without ministerial approval
01 Dec HR
Departments get greater freedom to raise senior salaries without ministerial approval
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – December 1
01 Dec HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – December 1
‘Totally and utterly stupid’: Cummings rejects idea of appointing Brexiteer cabinet secretary
01 Jul 2020 HR
‘Totally and utterly stupid’: Cummings rejects idea of appointing Brexiteer cabinet secretary
PM’s top aids sets out recommended reading for spads, including a book that concludes “only the paranoid survive”
Theresa May slams choice to name 'political appointee with no proven expertise' as national security adviser
01 Jul 2020 HR
Theresa May slams choice to name 'political appointee with no proven expertise' as national security adviser
Gove defends appointment of David Frost, "a distinguished diplomat in his own right"
Call for inquiry into Dominic Cummings’s centralisation of special advisers
25 Jun 2020 HR
Call for inquiry into Dominic Cummings’s centralisation of special advisers
Letter to PACAC comes as PM’s senior adviser hints at “hard rain coming” for civil service
Home Office seeks next chief scientific adviser
23 Jun 2020 HR
Home Office seeks next chief scientific adviser

Chief scientist will also be director general for science, technology, analysis, research and strategy
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 19
22 Jun 2020 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 19

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
'Our country is stronger for your service': Sedwill confirms McDonald to retire as FCO perm sec
19 Jun 2020 HR
'Our country is stronger for your service': Sedwill confirms McDonald to retire as FCO perm sec

Departure comes as PM seeks new leadership for merged  Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign Office head Simon McDonald to step down early next year – reports
18 Jun 2020 HR
Foreign Office head Simon McDonald to step down early next year – reports

Diplomat will oversee merger with DfID but will not lead FCDO long term, sources say
Defra offers £135k for COO who will 'challenge status quo'
18 Jun 2020 HR
Defra offers £135k for COO who will 'challenge status quo'

Candidate sought to deliver "significant and real step change in performance and outcomes"
'Wrong and regressive': three former prime ministers condemn DfID-FCO merger
17 Jun 2020 HR
'Wrong and regressive': three former prime ministers condemn DfID-FCO merger

Union warns of "huge uncertainty and unease for DfID staff" as David Cameron calls the move a "mistake"
DfID and Foreign Office to merge, PM announces
16 Jun 2020 HR
DfID and Foreign Office to merge, PM announces

Scrapping of aid department follows appointment of joint ministers in February, widely seen as a soft merger
More than 100 furloughed workers join civil service as volunteers to tackle Covid-19
16 Jun 2020 HR
More than 100 furloughed workers join civil service as volunteers to tackle Covid-19

Volunteers are ‘using their skills for the greater good’, chief people officer says
Cutting special adviser numbers could hinder effective government, NICS head says
15 Jun 2020 HR
Cutting special adviser numbers could hinder effective government, NICS head says

Timing of measure "would be detrimental to the efficient conduct and continuity of business", David Sterling warns