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    Major civil service job cuts on the table amid 'budget pressures', Dowden confirms
    27 Jan HR

    Major civil service job cuts on the table amid 'budget pressures', Dowden confirms

    Minister says the "only difference" to scrapped 91,000 cuts plan "is we will be driven by outcomes”
    by Tevye Markson
    Read the January 2023 issue of Civil Service World
    30 Jan HR
    Read the January 2023 issue of Civil Service World
    Latest civil service & public affairs moves – January 30
    30 Jan HR
    Latest civil service & public affairs moves – January 30
    Nick Timothy reviewing Home Office 'structures and systems'
    30 Jan HR
    Nick Timothy reviewing Home Office 'structures and systems'
    Dugher: New CEO could 'lack authority'
    08 Sep 2014 HR
    Dugher: New CEO could 'lack authority'

    The new chief executive of the civil service is likely to "lack the authority he/she needs to help drive forward real reform”, according to shadow Cabinet Office minister Michael Dugher.


    Heywood takes reins as head of the civil service
    05 Sep 2014 HR
    Heywood takes reins as head of the civil service

    Sir Jeremy Heywood has this week taken over the role of head of the civil service from Sir Bob Kerslake, who in July announced his forthcoming retirement.


    New government deputy CTO starts this week
    05 Sep 2014 HR
    New government deputy CTO starts this week

    Former Credit Suisse chief information officer Magnus Falk has this week started his new role as government deputy chief technology officer, one of 100 senior digital specialists brought into government over the past year.


    Clegg pledges fair access to internship scheme
    22 Aug 2014 HR
    Clegg pledges fair access to internship scheme

    Samera Owusu Tutu hears the DPM advocate vocational routes into the civil service.


    New CEO should report to PM, says think-tank founder
    21 Aug 2014 HR
    New CEO should report to PM, says think-tank founder

    The new chief executive of the civil service will only have “sufficient authority” if he/she reports directly to the prime minister, rather than Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, John Healey, co-founder of new think-tank GovernUp, has said.


    In Question: Flexible working
    18 Aug 2014 HR
    In Question: Flexible working

    On 27 March, Lucy Powell MP asked 21 departments to explain: what proportion of civil servants, of each sex and grade, work part-time.



     


    John Hirst to leave Met Office after 7 years
    01 Aug 2014 HR
    John Hirst to leave Met Office after 7 years

    John Hirst, chief executive of the Met Office, is leaving the civil service in September after seven years in the role.


    Passport staff strike today for better pay and reduced workload
    28 Jul 2014 HR
    Passport staff strike today for better pay and reduced workload

    Passport workers are on a 24-hour strike today over a pay dispute and staff shortages, with the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) claiming these workers earn as much as £3,000 less than other Home Office staff doing similar roles.


    250 Border Force staff suffer from ‘itchy’ uniforms, chief tells committee
    24 Jul 2014 HR
    250 Border Force staff suffer from ‘itchy’ uniforms, chief tells committee

    Border Force director general Sir Charles Montgomery rejected suggestions by Home Affairs Select Committee chair Keith Vaz (pictured) that 250 border guards are suing the organisation over its new “itchy” uniforms.


    NAO: HMRC ‘should urgently invest’ in commercial skills
    23 Jul 2014 HR
    NAO: HMRC ‘should urgently invest’ in commercial skills

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) “should urgently invest in its operational, technical and commercial skills,” a report by the National Audit Office has found.


    More training needed for cloud IT
    02 Jun 2014 HR
    More training needed for cloud IT

    The majority  (88%) of civil servants believe their department needs more training in order to be able to take advantage of cloud computing, according to a survey carried out by Civil Service World and cloud services provider Eduserv.



     


    Arrivals, moves & departures
    29 May 2014 HR
    Arrivals, moves & departures

    Marks & Spencer chair Robert Swannell (pictured) has been made chair of the Advisory Board of the Shareholder Executive. Swannell has been a non-executive director there since January 2014, and will take up the new role in September.



     


    Managers report pressure to name 10% poor performers
    29 May 2014 HR
    Managers report pressure to name 10% poor performers

    More than two thirds (70%) of civil service managers are coming under pressure to designate 10% of their staff as poorly performing under the new performance management system, according to a survey carried out by Civil Service World.



     


    Minority report
    22 May 2014 HR
    Minority report

    New figures given to parliament suggest that women, ethnic minorities and disabled staff are winning a smaller proportion of promotions than was the case in 2009. Suzannah Brecknell examines the data to find out more


    ONS first public sector organisation to be awarded Gold Disability Standard
    21 May 2014 HR
    ONS first public sector organisation to be awarded Gold Disability Standard

    The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has become the first public sector organisation to achieve Gold Status on the industry-judged Disability Standard.


    HS2 boss calls for pay freedom
    21 May 2014 HR
    HS2 boss calls for pay freedom

    The High Speed 2 company needs to be given greater freedoms from Treasury restrictions so that it can attract the best project managers and construction workers, Alison Munro, chief executive of the project, has told Civil Service World.



     


    Moves, Arrivals & Departures
    16 May 2014 HR
    Moves, Arrivals & Departures

    Victoria MacCallum (pictured) is the new head of Cabinet Office communications. She has had the job on an interim basis for some time, but it was made permanent in April. Her predecessor in the role, Emily Tofield, has now returned from maternity leave to a new job as cross-government head of media relations.


    PAC calls for pay flexibility to plug skill gaps
    15 May 2014 HR
    PAC calls for pay flexibility to plug skill gaps

    Departments need more flexibility on pay so that civil service organisations don’t feel the need for “bureaucratic reorganisations” designed to escape pay controls and enable them to recruit skilled staff, the Public Accounts Committee has said.


    DWP to launch second digital academy this summer in Leeds
    12 May 2014 HR
    DWP to launch second digital academy this summer in Leeds

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is to open a second digital academy for its civil servants working in the North of England


    Highways Agency chief decries ‘old-fashioned’ Whitehall rules
    07 May 2014 HR
    Highways Agency chief decries ‘old-fashioned’ Whitehall rules

    The civil service’s “old-fashioned” structures, procedures, budgetary processes and spending controls are constraining the Highways Agency’s ability to focus on the long-term and attract highly-skilled staff, the agency’s chief executive Graham Dalton has told Civil Service World.



     


    Training launch for frontline staff
    28 Apr 2014 HR
    Training launch for frontline staff

    The civil service has launched a new range of qualifications for people in the Operations profession.


    Defra officials sent on farm visits as deregulatory drive promises dramatic cuts in rules and guidance
    17 Apr 2014 HR
    Defra officials sent on farm visits as deregulatory drive promises dramatic cuts in rules and guidance

    More than 100 civil servants in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have got their boots muddy in a series of farm visits aimed at improving their understanding of farming.


    DE&S finally wins pay freedoms
    16 Apr 2014 HR
    DE&S finally wins pay freedoms

    The Ministry of Defence’s Defence, Equipment and Support (DE&S) division was this month turned into an arm’s-length body and given an exemption from Treasury salary controls and civil service-wide promotion criteria.


    Arrivals, moves and departures
    16 Apr 2014 HR
    Arrivals, moves and departures

    Dr Vanessa Lawrence (pictured) has stepped down as director-general of Ordnance Survey after 14 years in the role.


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