People Survey 2025: Civil servants happier with pay and more ‘engaged’
27 Feb HR

People Survey 2025: Civil servants happier with pay and more ‘engaged’

But officials also express concerns over learning and development opportunities and bosses’ change-management skills
by Jim Dunton
Hybrid working: GPA helping departments to meet 60% mandate
27 Feb HR
Hybrid working: GPA helping departments to meet 60% mandate
Be visible, be robust: An open letter to the new cabinet secretary
27 Feb HR
Be visible, be robust: An open letter to the new cabinet secretary
Capita wins £700m civil service payroll contract
26 Feb HR
Capita wins £700m civil service payroll contract
‘A new level of trust and openness’: Home Office-DfT collaboration among Analysis in Government Awards winners
27 Jan HR
‘A new level of trust and openness’: Home Office-DfT collaboration among Analysis in Government Awards winners
MoJ wins Innovation Award for AI-enabled software which processes case-notes at scale
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 26 January
26 Jan HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 26 January
Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People
Civil Service Pension Scheme: HMRC’s Angela MacDonald to help tackle issues
23 Jan HR
Civil Service Pension Scheme: HMRC’s Angela MacDonald to help tackle issues
Tax agency’s second perm sec is set to work with Capita on a formal recovery plan for the pension scheme, as unions pile on pressure
‘Angry is an understatement’: Ajax SRO removed following ministerial review
22 Jan HR
‘Angry is an understatement’: Ajax SRO removed following ministerial review
Briefings to ministers “did not reflect the full breadth” of safety risks, defence minister Luke Pollard says
Delivering from the centre requires partnership, not proxy wars
22 Jan HR
Delivering from the centre requires partnership, not proxy wars
The working relationship between senior ministers and perm secs is one of the strongest predictors of departmental effectiveness
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Union slams ‘shameful’ lack of insight into late payments
22 Jan HR
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Union slams ‘shameful’ lack of insight into late payments
‘This is a real scandal’, warns Prospect, as POA adds to growing calls for urgent action
Consultancy spend: Government exceeds early reduction target
22 Jan HR
Consultancy spend: Government exceeds early reduction target
While some departments still spent hundreds of millions of pounds, other major agencies laid out as little as £200k after an edict from the incoming Labour administration halting inessential spending
Survey finds 98% of Ofsted inspectors are overworked
22 Jan HR
Survey finds 98% of Ofsted inspectors are overworked
FDA boss Dave Penman calls for Ofsted to ‘recognise the human cost’ of current workloads
Darren Jones: Ministers and civil servants ‘will own risks together'
21 Jan HR
Darren Jones: Ministers and civil servants ‘will own risks together'
“Civil servants need to know that when we say, 'please take more risk', we are with you in taking that risk", Jones says
Darren Jones: Delivery experience will be hardwired into hiring process for senior officials
20 Jan HR
Darren Jones: Delivery experience will be hardwired into hiring process for senior officials
Chief secretary to PM also says better productivity is the "route" to improving pay for lower grades
‘Huge milestone’: Construction of new government hub begins
19 Jan HR
‘Huge milestone’: Construction of new government hub begins
Darlington hub to accommodate more than 1,600 civil servants
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 19 January
19 Jan HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 19 January
Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People