Cabinet Office told Capita to prepare for six-figure pensions backlog, firm acknowledges
26 Mar HR

Cabinet Office told Capita to prepare for six-figure pensions backlog, firm acknowledges

Cat Little tells MPs the outsourcer was instructed to plan for up to 100,000 work in-progress cases before Civil Service Pension Scheme handover
by Tevye Markson and Jim Dunton
Capita pledges pension-scheme ‘lessons’ for huge DWP contract
27 Mar HR
Capita pledges pension-scheme ‘lessons’ for huge DWP contract
Scrap 60% office mandate, union demands amid rising living costs
27 Mar HR
Scrap 60% office mandate, union demands amid rising living costs
Ex-Sunak adviser appointed to DSIT civil service role
27 Mar HR
Ex-Sunak adviser appointed to DSIT civil service role
27 Sep 2011 HR
Defra chief calls for bravery in senior officials' appointments

Civil service leaders should take more risks when making promotions to bring a wider range of skills into senior teams, environment permanent secretary Bronwyn Hill has said.
Special report: An exclusive club: special adviser analysis
08 Apr 2011 HR
Special report: An exclusive club: special adviser analysis

Which exclusive club contains the PM, the chancellor, the leader of the opposition and the shadow chancellor, the business secretary and, via its affiliated European arm, the deputy prime minister? Some may think of the freemasons, but others will identify a far more shadowy and secretive bunch: special advisers.
Special report: Coalition special advisers
07 Apr 2011 HR
Special report: Coalition special advisers

Here CSW profiles a publicity-shy group who are crucial to shaping policy – and now, it seems, to providing our political leaders.