SR25: Defra eyes 5% headcount cuts as departments set out workforce reduction plans
13 Jun HR

SR25: Defra eyes 5% headcount cuts as departments set out workforce reduction plans

DSIT and DBT target smaller senior civil service workforce, while Cabinet Office and DfT aim for less managers per staff member
by Tevye Markson
SR25: 'Canary Wharf costs half as much as Westminster' – departments outline estate plans
13 Jun HR
SR25: 'Canary Wharf costs half as much as Westminster' – departments outline estate plans
SR25: HMRC gets £1.7bn for big increase in compliance and debt management staff
12 Jun HR
SR25: HMRC gets £1.7bn for big increase in compliance and debt management staff
Outsourced staff accept 'groundbreaking' pay and benefits offer
12 Jun HR
Outsourced staff accept 'groundbreaking' pay and benefits offer
Civil service being marginalised and over-politicised, former cab secs warn
29 Nov 2024 HR
Civil service being marginalised and over-politicised, former cab secs warn
Political staff in No.10 "have almost completely taken over", former top civil servants say
Is DESNZ’s HQ the government’s most crowded office?
28 Nov 2024 HR
Is DESNZ’s HQ the government’s most crowded office?
CSW takes a look at recently-released data on desk space across government
Office of Public Guardian appoints non-exec director
28 Nov 2024 HR
Office of Public Guardian appoints non-exec director
Veronika Neyer 'has dedicated her career to improving outcomes for children, young people and their families'
'We need to read this stuff and sometimes its awful': Scottish FOI commissioner on WhatsApp usage
28 Nov 2024 HR
'We need to read this stuff and sometimes its awful': Scottish FOI commissioner on WhatsApp usage
Scottish information commissioner David Hamilton says work messages are often mixed up with "gifs of cats" and other personal things
DBS staff fix strike dates in customer-contact dispute
27 Nov 2024 HR
DBS staff fix strike dates in customer-contact dispute
Officials will stage two-day walkout as part of wider industrial action in run-up to Christmas
DWP and HMRC 'could save 8.12 million hours a year through AI and automation'
27 Nov 2024 HR
DWP and HMRC 'could save 8.12 million hours a year through AI and automation'
DSIT should play a coordinating role to help departments adopt new tech, Social Market Foundation says
Check-off victory in Supreme Court is a warning to this and future governments
27 Nov 2024 HR
Check-off victory in Supreme Court is a warning to this and future governments
Let's hope the ruling closes the door on a period of poor industrial relations in the civil service
Reynolds: DBT second perm sec Crawford Falconer was not sacked
27 Nov 2024 HR
Reynolds: DBT second perm sec Crawford Falconer was not sacked
Business and trade secretary says chief trade negotiation adviser achieved objective to build up department’s capability
Government launches Laboratory for AI Security Research
25 Nov 2024 HR
Government launches Laboratory for AI Security Research
Lab will "pull together world-class experts to assess impact of AI on our national security”, McFadden says
Tracing the Troubles: How we set up the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
25 Nov 2024 HR
Tracing the Troubles: How we set up the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
ICRIR provides information to victims, survivors and their families about Troubles-related deaths and serious injury, and promotes reconciliation. Here, Tristan Pedelty explains how it came into existence and what it’s achieved in the two years since it was formed
Cabinet Office creates new EU-focused second perm sec role
25 Nov 2024 HR
Cabinet Office creates new EU-focused second perm sec role
EU and international economic affairs second perm sec will be charged with delivering EU relations reset
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – November 8-25
25 Nov 2024 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – November 8-25
Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs in the last few weeks, via Dods People
The price of everything and value of nothing
21 Nov 2024 HR
The price of everything and value of nothing
New teams, units and quangos come and go in government, often at the whim of ministers. How do we make sure the Office for Value for Money is effective?
MoD looking to cut thousands of civil service jobs
21 Nov 2024 HR
MoD looking to cut thousands of civil service jobs
Perm sec tells MPs department is facing a 10% reduction in headcount over the course of the current parliament
Treasury director to become Resolution Foundation chief
21 Nov 2024 HR
Treasury director to become Resolution Foundation chief
Fiscal policy director Ruth Curtice says she has witnessed the impact of the think tank's "excellent" analysis first hand
'No religion' becomes largest faith group in the civil service
21 Nov 2024 HR
'No religion' becomes largest faith group in the civil service
Around 15% of civil servants now report that they have no religion, up from 10% five years ago
Appointments row: Civil Service Commission 'satisfied' with how departments are using exceptions
20 Nov 2024 HR
Appointments row: Civil Service Commission 'satisfied' with how departments are using exceptions
Review follows "cronyism" accusations after a handful of appointments of senior civil servants with links to the Labour Party
Disclosure and Barring Service staff vote to strike
20 Nov 2024 HR
Disclosure and Barring Service staff vote to strike
Members of the PCS union oppose new "customer contact" model set to be introduced at background-checks body
FCDO was too ambitious in first year of merger, perm sec says
20 Nov 2024 HR
FCDO was too ambitious in first year of merger, perm sec says
Philip Barton also says the department has improved how it responds to crises by making its workforce more agile
Barton: FCDO needs new funding model
19 Nov 2024 HR
Barton: FCDO needs new funding model
Department will require hundreds of millions of pounds more after 2026-27, perm sec says
Cabinet Office scraps 'ambitious and expensive' vetting transformation programme
19 Nov 2024 HR
Cabinet Office scraps 'ambitious and expensive' vetting transformation programme
Perm sec Cat Little says strategy to modernise and improve vetting services has moved away from previous "big bang" approach
Office attendance row: Land Registry officials to vote on strikes over 60% rule
19 Nov 2024 HR
Office attendance row: Land Registry officials to vote on strikes over 60% rule
PCS to ballot more than 3,800 members at HM Land Registry over in-office mandate and other concerns
Is the fight for a new pay review body doomed to fail? Oh no it isn't!
19 Nov 2024 HR
Is the fight for a new pay review body doomed to fail? Oh no it isn't!
Unions calling for an end to the stale and flawed pay remit guidance for civil servants aren't pantomime villains – the system needs to change
Boosting pay and tackling poor performance should be on Office for Value for Money's agenda – report
18 Nov 2024 HR
Boosting pay and tackling poor performance should be on Office for Value for Money's agenda – report
New unit should assess cost-benefit analysis of retaining poor performers versus managing them out, Reform think tank says