Civil Service Awards 2025 shortlist announced
22 Oct HR

Civil Service Awards 2025 shortlist announced

Home Office is most-shortlisted department, with seven nominations at this year's 20th anniversary ceremony
by Tevye Markson
Fax machines and 'opposition' civil servants – how the UK civil service compares to others around the world
22 Oct HR
Fax machines and 'opposition' civil servants – how the UK civil service compares to others around the world
Union announces strike dates in protest over DWP office closure
22 Oct HR
Union announces strike dates in protest over DWP office closure
Border Force patrol staff back strike action
21 Oct HR
Border Force patrol staff back strike action
NICS seeks 500 administrative officers in mass recruitment campaign
20 Aug 2024 HR
NICS seeks 500 administrative officers in mass recruitment campaign
Drive follows hiring freeze last year as Northern Ireland departments scrambled to find cuts
Foreign Office official resigns over arms sales to Israel
19 Aug 2024 HR
Foreign Office official resigns over arms sales to Israel
Mark Smith says it is his "duty as a public servant" to raise concerns about FCDO's potential complicity in "war crimes"
Glen urges Civil Service Commission to investigate alleged 'cash for jobs' appointments
19 Aug 2024 HR
Glen urges Civil Service Commission to investigate alleged 'cash for jobs' appointments
Ex-minister asks appointments watchdog to investigate four SCS hires of people who have worked for the Labour Party
PCS threatens more strikes over proposed jobcentre security guard cuts
19 Aug 2024 HR
PCS threatens more strikes over proposed jobcentre security guard cuts
Reductions to security staffing being considered at 17 jobcentres across UK
MHCLG urged to rethink four-day-week opposition
16 Aug 2024 HR
MHCLG urged to rethink four-day-week opposition
Council asks department to remove obstacles to "overwhelmingly positive" trial
Office for Place offers £80k for first chief exec
16 Aug 2024 HR
Office for Place offers £80k for first chief exec
Top official will initially work in MHCLG before moving to the NDPB when it becomes independent
Former DfID perm sec appointed to chair international development review
16 Aug 2024 HR
Former DfID perm sec appointed to chair international development review
Exercise will assess government's approach to international development and how to improve capability
Pressure mounts on Treasury over director role given to Labour donor
15 Aug 2024 HR
Pressure mounts on Treasury over director role given to Labour donor
Former chief secretary Laura Trott demands answers from perm sec James Bowler and chancellor Rachel Reeves
Fast Stream adds cybersecurity track in scheme shakeup
14 Aug 2024 HR
Fast Stream adds cybersecurity track in scheme shakeup
Risk management stream also added to the grad scheme for 2025
Scottish finance secretary orders emergency spending controls
14 Aug 2024 HR
Scottish finance secretary orders emergency spending controls
New spending will only be permitted if it is “truly essential or unavoidable”, Shona Robison says
Treasury fines Home Office £500,000 over salary rule breach
14 Aug 2024 HR
Treasury fines Home Office £500,000 over salary rule breach
Department failed to seek ministerial approval for senior civil servant's pay package of more than £150,000
MoD action on sexual misconduct 'too limited', unions say Exclusive
13 Aug 2024 HR
MoD action on sexual misconduct 'too limited', unions say
Joint statement criticises “pace of progress” of the Reaffirming our Standards programme
Rees-Mogg berates Sunak for 'not being interested' in civil service reform
13 Aug 2024 HR
Rees-Mogg berates Sunak for 'not being interested' in civil service reform
Former Cabinet Office minister says last government "bungled" opportunity to reshape Whitehall
ONS officials to escalate office-attendance dispute
13 Aug 2024 HR
ONS officials to escalate office-attendance dispute
ONS civil servants to begin work-to-rule action from 27 August
FCDO contractors to weigh up strike action
12 Aug 2024 HR
FCDO contractors to weigh up strike action
Union claims outsourced OCS staff do not have the same terms as their civil service colleagues
Funding shortfall hindering improvements to counter-terrorism capability, MoJ warns
12 Aug 2024 HR
Funding shortfall hindering improvements to counter-terrorism capability, MoJ warns
Progress report reveals series of delays to efforts to address concerns about government's management of terrorism offenders
Five departments make list of top 100 apprenticeships employers
12 Aug 2024 HR
Five departments make list of top 100 apprenticeships employers
HMRC returns to list following apprenticeships fiasco
HMRC seeks chief people officer to lead 'ambitious workforce transformation'
09 Aug 2024 HR
HMRC seeks chief people officer to lead 'ambitious workforce transformation'
CPO will look at how to improve staff engagement after a drop off seen in the Civil Service People Survey
Darlington hub gets planning permission
08 Aug 2024 HR
Darlington hub gets planning permission
Government building, set for completion in 2027, will provide offices for more than 1,400 civil servants
Civil servants don’t need an independent pay review body to tell them what fair pay is
08 Aug 2024 HR
Civil servants don’t need an independent pay review body to tell them what fair pay is
PCS chief outlines why the union backs collective bargaining for civil servants, not a new pay review body
MoD overhauls organisational culture as it pays out £1.7m to settle bullying claims
08 Aug 2024 HR
MoD overhauls organisational culture as it pays out £1.7m to settle bullying claims
Reaffirming our Standards programme comes after 60 women complained of a "toxic" working culture
Capability-based pay ‘has been abandoned’ – SSRB
08 Aug 2024 HR
Capability-based pay ‘has been abandoned’ – SSRB
Senior Salaries Review Body says an overarching SCS strategy and some form of pay progression are "fundamental to a well-run and value-for-money SCS”
Home Office governance overhaul has improved performance management, says lead NED
07 Aug 2024 HR
Home Office governance overhaul has improved performance management, says lead NED
Non-exec director says the introduction of a new operating system has also reduced bureaucracy and time spent by officials in committee meetings
Ministers 'yet to review' civil service home-working guidance
07 Aug 2024 HR
Ministers 'yet to review' civil service home-working guidance
Government is "committed to supporting individuals and businesses to work in ways that best suit their particular circumstances", minister says