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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DESNZ security guards and cleaners accept pay offer
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Outsourced staff get 4% rise and same entitlements for holidays and sick pay as their insourced colleagues
Civil servants to get 5% pay rise
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Pay remit guidance is published as Rachel Reeves accepts public sector pay review body recommendations
Civil service learning contracts extended by £150m amid 'high demand' Exclusive
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Year-long extension to KPMG and EY contracts comes after training demand "increased beyond levels originally forecast"
What could a properly flexible model for the future civil service look like?
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The civil service must become better equipped to cope with surprises. Outsourcing for agility is costing billions
Reeves to announce efficiencies drive and consultancy spend squeeze in major speech
29 Jul 2024 HR
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Chancellor will set out reforms to "put an end to wasteful spending in government" and address £20bn black hole
GLD: Pay boost has reduced turnover and boosted recruitment
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But legal department says further pay reform may be needed to address attrition in its corporate services division
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – July 29
29 Jul 2024 HR
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Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs this week and in the last few months, via Dods People
McFadden promises pay update within days
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NAO calls for crackdown on 'poor-quality' procurement frameworks
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EU brief moves to Cabinet Office amid MOG changes
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EU brief moves to Cabinet Office amid MOG changes
Cabinet Office takes on two new responsibilities, while several bodies leave the department
Cabinet Office signs £7m deal for cross-government learning platform
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Cabinet Office signs £7m deal for cross-government learning platform
Pearson will develop Government Skills Campus digital platform that will help map skills across government