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
09 Jun HR
The ministerial-civil service relations reset hasn’t gone to plan – but Labour still has time left to get it right
Lammy: AI rollout will save ‘thousands of days’ of MoJ staff time
09 Jun HR
Lammy: AI rollout will save ‘thousands of days’ of MoJ staff time
Civil Service Commission launches consultation on changes to revolving-doors rules
08 Jun HR
Civil Service Commission launches consultation on changes to revolving-doors 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