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
Productivity puzzle corner: Can you dig it?
22 Apr 2024 HR
Productivity puzzle corner: Can you dig it?
In this third instalment of this series on public sector productivity it’s time to turn to some definitions. Which are very simple. And very, very, complicated
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – April 22
22 Apr 2024 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – April 22
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People
Defra confirms freeze on external recruitment
18 Apr 2024 HR
Defra confirms freeze on external recruitment
Department says it is aiming to reduce headcount and become "more efficient"
Debt Management Office appoints first female chief exec
18 Apr 2024 HR
Debt Management Office appoints first female chief exec
Chancellor says Jessica Pulay is "held in the highest regard on the international stage"
WFH: Unions slam John Glen's 'political attack' on civil servants
17 Apr 2024 HR
WFH: Unions slam John Glen's 'political attack' on civil servants
Civil service unions accuse minister for the Cabinet Office of ‘pillorying’ civil servants and ‘trashing the brand for cheap headlines’
Cabinet Office signs up Deloitte to help departments tackle fraud
16 Apr 2024 HR
Cabinet Office signs up Deloitte to help departments tackle fraud
Consultancy firm will support new pilot Public Sector Fraud Authority Enforcement Unit
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – April 15
15 Apr 2024 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – April 15
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People
FCDO appoints first ever blind ambassador
15 Apr 2024 HR
FCDO appoints first ever blind ambassador
Victoria Harrison was also the first person with a disability to be recruited by the Foreign Office
Ex-MoD official sent to jail for pocketing secret payments
15 Apr 2024 HR
Ex-MoD official sent to jail for pocketing secret payments
Jeffrey Cook has been ordered to pay back a six-figure sum
GOV.UK still failing to meet users needs, MPs warn
12 Apr 2024 HR
GOV.UK still failing to meet users needs, MPs warn
Culture, Media and Sport Committee sets out recommendations for improved government communications
DESNZ's Aberdeen HQ will bring 'tens rather than hundreds' of jobs to city
12 Apr 2024 HR
DESNZ's Aberdeen HQ will bring 'tens rather than hundreds' of jobs to city
Scotland's first minister describes figure as "another betrayal" of the nation's north-east
CPS recruiting for two new senior roles in leadership shakeup
12 Apr 2024 HR
CPS recruiting for two new senior roles in leadership shakeup
Service advertises £127k director-general level COO and legal-delivery posts
DWP hails convictions in £54m Universal Credit fraud case
12 Apr 2024 HR
DWP hails convictions in £54m Universal Credit fraud case
Five plead guilty over London 'benefit factories' that generated thousands of false claims
Plain failing: Leadership means sharing career disappointments as well as success
12 Apr 2024 HR
Plain failing: Leadership means sharing career disappointments as well as success
Mentorship can accelerate careers, especially when senior staff share their disappointments and setbacks
Good government relies on good whistleblowing, so departments must be ready to listen
11 Apr 2024 HR
Good government relies on good whistleblowing, so departments must be ready to listen
Without listening to whistleblowers, we are destined to lurch from scandal to crisis without learning from mistakes
Corrupt Border Force official convicted for helping drugs gang
11 Apr 2024 HR
Corrupt Border Force official convicted for helping drugs gang
Kevin Smith aided smugglers to bring class-A drugs into the country unchecked
Lunch with... civil service skills evangelist Pamela Dow
10 Apr 2024 HR
Lunch with... civil service skills evangelist Pamela Dow
The Civic Future co-founder and former head of the Government Skills Campus on education reform, what the military gets right about skills and why she doesn't use the word "woke"
Civil servants urged to voice anger over return-to-office drive
10 Apr 2024 HR
Civil servants urged to voice anger over return-to-office drive
Union calls on branches to consider following ONS' strike-action lead
Office-working decisions ‘should be for individual managers’, shadow chancellor says
10 Apr 2024 HR
Office-working decisions ‘should be for individual managers’, shadow chancellor says
Reeves says she believes spending more time in the office is "good for productivity and morale"
Labour floats plan to boost HMRC headcount by 5,000
09 Apr 2024 HR
Labour floats plan to boost HMRC headcount by 5,000
Rachel Reeves says crackdown on tax gap will raise £5bn a year for NHS and schools
Rebrand ‘elitist’ FCDO, urge former top diplomats
09 Apr 2024 HR
Rebrand ‘elitist’ FCDO, urge former top diplomats
Report by Mark Sedwill and fellow ex-diplomats argues the case for a Department for International Affairs
Better call Saul: National Archives appoints BBC veteran as chief exec
09 Apr 2024 HR
Better call Saul: National Archives appoints BBC veteran as chief exec
Saul Nassé worked with The National Archives in his role as controller of BBC Learning
Cabinet Office signs up UCL consultancy to evaluate Fast Stream
08 Apr 2024 HR
Cabinet Office signs up UCL consultancy to evaluate Fast Stream
University consultancy will assess if Fast Stream "improves outcomes"
Border Force strike at Heathrow suspended
08 Apr 2024 HR
Border Force strike at Heathrow suspended
PCS union holds off on walkout in bid to leave room for talks over planned changes to shift patterns