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
Book review: John Bowers' manifesto for reform is a must-read for those who care about ethics in public life
25 Jul 2024 HR
Book review: John Bowers' manifesto for reform is a must-read for those who care about ethics in public life
Reading Downward Spiral is like listening as a wise and well-informed observer expresses their exasperation and anger at the last decade of UK politics
FSA chief Emily Miles to return to Defra
24 Jul 2024 HR
FSA chief Emily Miles to return to Defra
Food Standards Agency chief exec will become Defra’s DG for food, biosecurity and trade
McFadden announces resilience review following Covid Inquiry report
24 Jul 2024 HR
McFadden announces resilience review following Covid Inquiry report
Cabinet Office minister says he will chair a cabinet committee on resilience to oversee the review
DWP: Return to pre-Covid fraud levels is 'unlikely'
23 Jul 2024 HR
DWP: Return to pre-Covid fraud levels is 'unlikely'
Annual report suggests Universal Credit overpayments will remain high for the next four years
PCS calls off DESNZ strikes after contractor makes 'improved' pay offer
23 Jul 2024 HR
PCS calls off DESNZ strikes after contractor makes 'improved' pay offer
Union reiterates plea for the government to bring outsourced contracts back in-house.
Recruitment begins for Covid corruption tsar
23 Jul 2024 HR
Recruitment begins for Covid corruption tsar
Commissioner will work with HMRC, NCA and SFO to recover billions lost to Covid fraud
Reeves hints at above-inflation pay rise for public servants
22 Jul 2024 HR
Reeves hints at above-inflation pay rise for public servants
"There is a cost to not settling," chancellor says
Former Co-op chief to lead new DfE body Skills England
22 Jul 2024 HR
Former Co-op chief to lead new DfE body Skills England
Richard Pennycook, lead NED at the Department for Education, will work to set up Skills England in shadow form
Justice secretary seeks removal of agency chief over Malkinson case failures
22 Jul 2024 HR
Justice secretary seeks removal of agency chief over Malkinson case failures
Report finds Criminal Cases Review Commission “completely failed” Andrew Malkinson, who was wrongly jailed for 17 years
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – July 22
22 Jul 2024 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – July 22
Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs this week and in the last few months, via Dods People
Pickles urges three immediate reforms to post-government jobs regulation
19 Jul 2024 HR
Pickles urges three immediate reforms to post-government jobs regulation
Acoba chair says watchdog must be able to "meaningfully sanction" those who breach business appointment rules
Covid Inquiry calls for 'fundamental reform' to civil emergency planning
18 Jul 2024 HR
Covid Inquiry calls for 'fundamental reform' to civil emergency planning
Inquiry's module 1 report calls for "radical simplification" of processes and structures and a new statutory body
Blaming the 'technocracy' and hiring more spads isn't the solution to political failure
18 Jul 2024 HR
Blaming the 'technocracy' and hiring more spads isn't the solution to political failure
Policy Exchange has shared some bold ideas for reforming the civil service – but what this government needs is clear policy, not ministers messing with recruitment
Home Office small boats chief quits
18 Jul 2024 HR
Home Office small boats chief quits
Director general Stuart Skeates will oversee transition to Border Security Command before stepping down
Former perm sec calls on cabinet secretary to apologise for scandals Exclusive
18 Jul 2024 HR
Former perm sec calls on cabinet secretary to apologise for scandals
Lord Michael Bichard says civil service head should take responsibility for Windrush, Grenfell, Post Office, infected blood and Hillsborough scandals
Starmer sets up child poverty unit in the Cabinet Office
18 Jul 2024 HR
Starmer sets up child poverty unit in the Cabinet Office
PM also appoints education and work and pensions secretaries to lead a child poverty ministerial taskforce
Mastering the five 'P's of presence
17 Jul 2024 HR
Mastering the five 'P's of presence
Una O’Brien and Peter Shaw set out their advice on developing your influence and impact in a work environment
King's Speech: Government will introduce duty of candour for public servants
17 Jul 2024 HR
King's Speech: Government will introduce duty of candour for public servants
Plan confirmed in King's Speech as one of several "steps to help rebuild trust and foster respect"
Defence review 'must come with a workforce plan', union warns
17 Jul 2024 HR
Defence review 'must come with a workforce plan', union warns
Prospect tells ministers Sunak government's recruitment freeze is hampering MoD's operations
Anti-corruption groups call for more investment in government agencies
16 Jul 2024 HR
Anti-corruption groups call for more investment in government agencies
UK Anti-Corruption Coalition also urges appointment of anti-corruption champion, a position that has been vacant for 759 days
Civil service expansion has unbalanced the Westminster system. Here's how to put politics back in charge
15 Jul 2024 HR
Civil service expansion has unbalanced the Westminster system. Here's how to put politics back in charge
Policy Exchange's head of government reform and home affairs runs through some of the recommendations of the think tank's latest report
Cut senior civil service by 40%, boost pay and hire more spads, think tank says
15 Jul 2024 HR
Cut senior civil service by 40%, boost pay and hire more spads, think tank says
Policy Exchange report calls for radical changes, saying power has "leached away from ministers" as civil service has grown
Starmer plays down prospect of above-inflation public sector pay deals
12 Jul 2024 HR
Starmer plays down prospect of above-inflation public sector pay deals
Unions respond by pointing to decades of real-terms pay decline and broken reward system
Outsourced staff at DESNZ set to strike over pay
12 Jul 2024 HR
Outsourced staff at DESNZ set to strike over pay
Cleaners and security guards employed by ISS seek alignment with civil service terms