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
Pension scheme crisis: Cabinet Office doubles hardship loan upper limit
29 May HR
Pension scheme crisis: Cabinet Office doubles hardship loan upper limit
Why Defra is where you should want to work
29 May HR
Why Defra is where you should want to work
Work starts on Great British Energy’s new HQ
28 May HR
Work starts on Great British Energy’s new HQ
Why the policy profession must embrace AI
13 Feb 2025 HR
Why the policy profession must embrace AI
Michael Padfield from i.AI sets out how a new range of tools are driving better strategy, greater democracy and improved delivery
DWP could face further security staff strikes
12 Feb 2025 HR
DWP could face further security staff strikes
PCS union balloting security guard contractors on further industrial action over pay and conditions
Case to chair Barrow regeneration board
11 Feb 2025 HR
Case to chair Barrow regeneration board
Former cab sec will help deliver plan to develop Barrow-in-Furness as centre for nuclear submarine-building
Former chief inspector of prisons to lead capacity crisis review
11 Feb 2025 HR
Former chief inspector of prisons to lead capacity crisis review
Dame Anne Owers, who was HM chief inspector of prisons from 2001-2010, will lead review into handling of prison capacity
Ofqual appoints permanent chief after more than a year
10 Feb 2025 HR
Ofqual appoints permanent chief after more than a year
Interim chief regulator Sir Ian Bauckham will stay on after 13 months in the temporary post
HMRC urged to deliver productivity boost on tax collection
10 Feb 2025 HR
HMRC urged to deliver productivity boost on tax collection
Drive to recruit 5,000 extra compliance staff should be accompanied by performance rates returning to pre-pandemic levels, NAO says
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – February 10
10 Feb 2025 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – February 10
Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs in the last week, via Dods People
Experienced former civil servant appointed as Nato ambassador
07 Feb 2025 HR
Experienced former civil servant appointed as Nato ambassador
Angus Lapsley's three-decades-plus career includes time at Cabinet Office, MoD and Foreign Office
Ministers ramp up pressure on SCS ahead of spending review
06 Feb 2025 HR
Ministers ramp up pressure on SCS ahead of spending review
Refresh of performance management system will include new cross-government consistency check
GDS seeks cross-government 'digital and data pay and reward lead'
06 Feb 2025 HR
GDS seeks cross-government 'digital and data pay and reward lead'
Designer of new career and pay framework to be tasked with "empowering civil servants to achieve more in house and reduce the reliance on contractors and consultancies"
Breaking up is hard to do: What makes a machinery of government change successful?
05 Feb 2025 HR
Breaking up is hard to do: What makes a machinery of government change successful?
MoG changes – what are they good for? We look back on 20 years of what some Whitehall watchers affectionately call “rearranging the deckchairs” to see what’s worked, and what’s been a waste of time and money
Government appoints new chief commercial officer
05 Feb 2025 HR
Government appoints new chief commercial officer
MoD director general Andrew Forzani says he is “extremely proud” to take on the role