HR

Civil Service People Survey delivery partner commends department’s bounce-back from morale doldrums

Rise in civil service employment over first three months of 2016 driven by growth in large departments – but organisation still smaller than this time last year

New figures from the Management Consultancies Association show another year-on-year rise in public sector consultancy spending – but totals remain well below 2009 peak

Prospect union identifies parts of government where temps and contractors account for more than a fifth of all staff spend – and warns of a structural reliance on non-salaried staff

HMRC's Mark Dearnley says new company – set up to employ staff moving over from the £10bn Aspire contract – will have to abide by the Treasury's 1% pay cap, as union warns terms and conditions leading to a "drain of staff"

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People

HM Treasury’s John Kingman, Northern Ireland Office’s Malcolm McKibbin and Department for Communities and Local Government’s Louise Casey also receive top accolades

Whitehall commentators and insiders at odds over expertise and timescales for “conscious uncoupling” with Europe

Cabinet Office minister says we must recognise “just how much” tech skills are rewarded outside the civil service

Hilary Spencer lined up as new head of the Government Equalities Office

Lord Maude of Horsham’s request among appointments watchdog’s latest raft of transparency data

 Balancing careers in the European Commission and corporate world with a young family have given Ian William Vollbracht and his wife valuable insights into having it all - some of the time 

Janet Hill, civil service disability inclusion chief, discusses the innovative programmes that are helping disabled colleagues reach their full potential

Independent recruitment regulator says campaign group’s league table was factually wrong and misdirected

Acting permanent secretary poised to take on £340,000-a-year City of London role

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People

Home Affairs Select Committee report contrasts staffing cuts with a 29% spike in asylum applications

Professor Malcolm Chalmers – who was consulted by the government as it drew up its 2010 and 2015 security reviews – says a vote to leave the European Union may mean reopening defence spending settlements

Information Commissioner Christopher Graham rejects argument that releasing information on former civil service chief Lord Kerslake's peerage would have a "chilling effect" on the honours system

New £160,000-a-year "Continuous Improvement Director" asked to track progress against commercial improvement plans departments have agreed with the Cabinet Office

Whitehall's HR directors asked to collect data on public interest concerns for the first time – with the majority of officials choosing to come forward anonymously

Exclusive: Opposition backs quotas on interview shortlists to address "glacial" pace on diversity in Whitehall's highest tier

Former cabinet minister Lord Waldegrave warns Cabinet Office against “actively seeking to damage” independent schools with plan to find out more about civil service applicants' backgrounds