Shared services: Cabinet Office explains 'outsourcing v insourcing' decisions
09 Jun HR

Shared services: Cabinet Office explains 'outsourcing v insourcing' decisions

Cabinet Office DG Jerome Glass says outsourcing DWP's Synergy cluster "offered best value for money", while full insourcing would have required more than 1,600 extra staff
by Tevye Markson
The ministerial-civil service relations reset hasn’t gone to plan – but Labour still has time left to get it right
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The ministerial-civil service relations reset hasn’t gone to plan – but Labour still has time left to get it right
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Civil Service Commission launches consultation on changes to revolving-doors rules
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ONS officials to escalate office-attendance dispute
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FCDO contractors to weigh up strike action
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Union claims outsourced OCS staff do not have the same terms as their civil service colleagues
Funding shortfall hindering improvements to counter-terrorism capability, MoJ warns
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Funding shortfall hindering improvements to counter-terrorism capability, MoJ warns
Progress report reveals series of delays to efforts to address concerns about government's management of terrorism offenders
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CPO will look at how to improve staff engagement after a drop off seen in the Civil Service People Survey
Darlington hub gets planning permission
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Government building, set for completion in 2027, will provide offices for more than 1,400 civil servants
Civil servants don’t need an independent pay review body to tell them what fair pay is
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MoD overhauls organisational culture as it pays out £1.7m to settle bullying claims
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Capability-based pay ‘has been abandoned’ – SSRB
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