MHCLG sets timeframe for move to new headquarters
27 May HR

MHCLG sets timeframe for move to new headquarters

Plus, Department for Work and Pensions delays departure from Caxton House until March next year
by Jim Dunton
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Pension scheme crisis: Cabinet Office doubles hardship loan upper limit
Why Defra is where you should want to work
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Work starts on Great British Energy’s new HQ
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Civil Service World announces partnership with the Charity for Civil Servants
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Collaboration aims to strengthen support for UK civil servants as charity approaches 140th anniversary
Olly Robbins: FCDO planning up to 25% headcount cuts
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Perm sec says department is aiming for 500 voluntary exits this year and has begun wider restructure by looking at DG and director-level cuts
Cabinet Office launches ‘internal’ campaign for new ONS perm sec role
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Cat Little: Capita has ‘underestimated’ complexity of MyCSP transition
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Cabinet Office perm sec says the firm has so far missed seven of eight milestones in its transition to taking over the Civil Service Pension Scheme administration
Public leaders rely on muscle memory in a crisis – how do we train that muscle?
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Immersive learning experiences, based on real-world situations, provide policymakers with the opportunity to practice and hone their judgement skills
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – July 7
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Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People
MPs warn of DWP work coach 'complacency'
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PAC report raises concern that department's response to the shortage in work coaches is making it more difficult for claimants to get into work
NHS 10-year plan sets out blueprint for redesigned centre
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NHS 10-year plan sets out blueprint for redesigned centre
Centre of the system in Whitehall "will be smaller, more agile, and focused on developing strategic frameworks and building partnerships"
MP tables ‘real’ Hillsborough Law with duty of candour for civil servants
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Interim ONS perm sec acknowledges culture failings
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Select committee chair describes former national statistician as “like a hybrid of a Medici prince and Blofeld”
Susan Acland-Hood and Gareth Davies named joint heads of policy profession
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New co-heads say their priorities include investing in first-rate learning and development, and reforming what it means to become qualified as a policy professional
Jo Shanmugalingam gets DfT perm sec job
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Transport secretary says she “can think of no one better to take over the reins" from Bernadette Kelly