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
Despite ministers' promises to tackle churn, the civil service whirligig keeps on spinning
20 May 2024 HR
Despite ministers' promises to tackle churn, the civil service whirligig keeps on spinning
IfG research has found a third of top officials have spent less than a year in their current post
NI power vacuum 'didn't affect Covid response', Sue Gray tells inquiry
20 May 2024 HR
NI power vacuum 'didn't affect Covid response', Sue Gray tells inquiry
Former perm sec doubts presence of ministers would have improved on civil service efforts to prepare for "unprecedented" crisis
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – May 20
20 May 2024 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – May 20
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People
Deal secures land for new civil service hub in Manchester
17 May 2024 HR
Deal secures land for new civil service hub in Manchester
Multi-department digital campus will host 7,000 jobs on site of former shopping centre
King Charles takes on civil service patron roles
17 May 2024 HR
King Charles takes on civil service patron roles
Monarch becomes patron of the Charity for Civil Servants and the Civil Service Club
Second union to join G4S security-staff strike at DWP
17 May 2024 HR
Second union to join G4S security-staff strike at DWP
PCS members on DWP’s G4S contract vote to walk out after GMB strikes closed 70 jobcentres last week
Q: What do lanyards have to do with delivering public services? A: Absolutely nothing
17 May 2024 HR
Q: What do lanyards have to do with delivering public services? A: Absolutely nothing
Esther McVey's EDI crackdown is a fake war, against fake enemy from a minister with a fake job title
HMRC gets £51m to improve helplines as NAO finds customers are ‘being let down’
16 May 2024 HR
HMRC gets £51m to improve helplines as NAO finds customers are ‘being let down’
Reducing HMRC helpline staff too early in digitalisation drive has left holes in customer service, watchdog says
Covid Inquiry: Sue Gray says siloed working 'worse in Northern Ireland than Whitehall'
16 May 2024 HR
Covid Inquiry: Sue Gray says siloed working 'worse in Northern Ireland than Whitehall'
Former Cabinet Office second perm sec tells panel devolved governments need to work more closely with Westminster on emergency responses
Why do civil servants wear rainbow lanyards? We asked, you answered
16 May 2024 HR
Why do civil servants wear rainbow lanyards? We asked, you answered
Esther McVey suggested rainbow-coloured lanyards are a form of "political activism". We asked what they mean to you
Just four major departments meet threshold for strike action in PCS pay ballot
16 May 2024 HR
Just four major departments meet threshold for strike action in PCS pay ballot
Departments which failed to meet threshold include Cabinet Office, DWP, HMRC and Treasury
DBT setting up 'emergency response function', perm sec says
15 May 2024 HR
DBT setting up 'emergency response function', perm sec says
Gareth Davies tells MPs work is part of broader learning from Covid support schemes
Lanyard decree missing from new EDI guidance
15 May 2024 HR
Lanyard decree missing from new EDI guidance
Proposal to ban lanyards that aren’t “standard design” not included in Cabinet Office guidance on equality, diversity and inclusion
DWP beats counter-fraud target by £50m
14 May 2024 HR
DWP beats counter-fraud target by £50m
Update confirms plan to use temporary staff to fill 2,500 roles reviewing Universal Credit claims
Border Force anti-strike law: PCS gets go-ahead for legal challenge
13 May 2024 HR
Border Force anti-strike law: PCS gets go-ahead for legal challenge
High Court grants permission for judicial review of minimum service levels regulations in the Border Force
Security guards' pay strike forced DWP to close dozens of jobcentres
10 May 2024 HR
Security guards' pay strike forced DWP to close dozens of jobcentres
Union accuses department and G4S of drafting in untrained agency staff to provide cover
UKHSA and DHSC accused of 'getting financial-management basics unacceptably wrong'
10 May 2024 HR
UKHSA and DHSC accused of 'getting financial-management basics unacceptably wrong'
MPs flag weaknesses in agency's controls and health department's oversight
Excl: Civil service pay remit guidance delayed 'to align with other public services'
09 May 2024 HR
Excl: Civil service pay remit guidance delayed 'to align with other public services'
"We are taking a strategic approach to public sector pay in the round," chief people officer says
'You can have a representative organisation but if it's not inclusive it won't last': Jill Hatcher on DE&S's strategy
09 May 2024 HR
'You can have a representative organisation but if it's not inclusive it won't last': Jill Hatcher on DE&S's strategy
The UK’s adversaries won’t wait for us to adapt to new threats. A fresh approach is generating excitement across defence, says DE&S's director of strategy, people, change and corporate
Civil service union chief blasts ministers over 'top-down, evidence-free micromanagement'
09 May 2024 HR
Civil service union chief blasts ministers over 'top-down, evidence-free micromanagement'
Dave Penman raps government for "Stalinist" headcount-reduction targets, media attacks and revolving door of political leaders
Milestone-based reward trial for senior civil servants to begin in summer
09 May 2024 HR
Milestone-based reward trial for senior civil servants to begin in summer
John Glen announces pilot of long-awaited approach to reducing churn and driving up performance standards
Covid Inquiry: NICS head 'concerned' over lost ministerial messages
08 May 2024 HR
Covid Inquiry: NICS head 'concerned' over lost ministerial messages
Jayne Brady tells probe official phones and iPads were reset despite "explicit and clear" advice to perm secs
MPs urge Cabinet Office to tackle 'insular and circular' non-exec recruitment
08 May 2024 HR
MPs urge Cabinet Office to tackle 'insular and circular' non-exec recruitment
Rather than being “efficient, transparent and fair”, recruitment of NEDs is "unacceptably sluggish", PAC says
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – May 7
07 May 2024 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – May 7
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People