Starmer: Sue Gray was ‘wrong person’ for chief of staff job
27 Jun HR

Starmer: Sue Gray was ‘wrong person’ for chief of staff job

PM also expresses regret over 'island of strangers' speech
by Tevye Markson
MPs warn of DWP work coach 'complacency'
04 Jul HR
MPs warn of DWP work coach 'complacency'
NHS 10-year plan sets out blueprint for redesigned centre
03 Jul HR
NHS 10-year plan sets out blueprint for redesigned centre
MP tables ‘real’ Hillsborough Law with duty of candour for civil servants
03 Jul HR
MP tables ‘real’ Hillsborough Law with duty of candour for civil servants
Scottish Government officials win right to disconnect out of hours
14 Dec 2022 HR
Scottish Government officials win right to disconnect out of hours
Scotland's civil servants are UK's first workers to have a legal right not to be contacted out of hours, Prospect union says
Treasury perm sec James Bowler: Tom Scholar's departure ‘was not normal’
13 Dec 2022 HR
Treasury perm sec James Bowler: Tom Scholar's departure ‘was not normal’
Top Treasury officials also say they "gave all the advice they should have done" ahead of disastrous mini-budget
Out with the old, in with the new: GDS head Tom Read looks to the future
13 Dec 2022 HR
Out with the old, in with the new: GDS head Tom Read looks to the future
Government Digital Service's chief exec salutes new talent and tells us about the need to protect crucial teams 
Results day and staff cuts: DfE chief Susan Acland-Hood's post-pandemic highs and difficult decisions
13 Dec 2022 HR
Results day and staff cuts: DfE chief Susan Acland-Hood's post-pandemic highs and difficult decisions
The Department for Education perm sec tells us about tough choices – both personal and corporate – she’s had to make over the past 12 months
'Empowering East and Southeast Asian officials was a highlight': Civil Service Race Forum looks back on 2022
13 Dec 2022 HR
'Empowering East and Southeast Asian officials was a highlight': Civil Service Race Forum looks back on 2022
Co-chairs of the CSRF Junaed Khan and Justin Placide discuss the events that stand out from the last 12 months – and lament the ones that couldn’t happen due to pressures in and out of work
'The message is clear': Cab sec acknowledges civil servants' pay anger Exclusive
12 Dec 2022 HR
'The message is clear': Cab sec acknowledges civil servants' pay anger
Civil Service People Survey results "heading in the wrong direction", Case says as scores fall across the board
Court staff to strike at Christmas in 'significant escalation' of Common Platform dispute
12 Dec 2022 HR
Court staff to strike at Christmas in 'significant escalation' of Common Platform dispute
Legal advisers and court associates at 76 courts will go on strike over the festive period
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – December 12
12 Dec 2022 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – December 12
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Civil service York hub ‘will open in 2027’
12 Dec 2022 HR
Civil service York hub ‘will open in 2027’
New base will host Cabinet Office staff including UK Security Vetting officials
Civil Service Awards 2022 winners revealed
09 Dec 2022 HR
Civil Service Awards 2022 winners revealed
See the awards list in full
'Be realistic’ about pay, Cabinet Office minister tells striking civil servants
09 Dec 2022 HR
'Be realistic’ about pay, Cabinet Office minister tells striking civil servants
Jeremy Quin says an 11% cross-public sector rise would cost each UK household £1,000 a year
Union to ballot fast streamers on strike over pay
09 Dec 2022 HR
Union to ballot fast streamers on strike over pay
Formal vote announced after FDA members back action in indicative ballot
Civil service strikes: second union moves closer to industrial action
08 Dec 2022 HR
Civil service strikes: second union moves closer to industrial action
Prospect calls for "meaningful negotiations" over pay, job cuts and redundancy terms ahead of formal ballot
FCDO to step up aid scrutiny as minister admits UK 'not a development superpower'
08 Dec 2022 HR
FCDO to step up aid scrutiny as minister admits UK 'not a development superpower'
Development minister also planning restructure which could include new second perm sec
Civil service strikes: Border Force to strike at six airports over Christmas
08 Dec 2022 HR
Civil service strikes: Border Force to strike at six airports over Christmas
A thousand passport-checking officials are set to go on strike for eight days, PCS has announced
Raab says 'no one ever raised a complaint or grievance' over bullying claims
07 Dec 2022 HR
Raab says 'no one ever raised a complaint or grievance' over bullying claims
Justice secretary says no one spoke to him about his behaviour before formal complaints were submitted last month
Move 50,000 civil service jobs out of London, Labour report recommends
07 Dec 2022 HR
Move 50,000 civil service jobs out of London, Labour report recommends
Report also suggests putting relationship between ministers and the civil service on a formal statutory footing
National Audit Office boss: ‘We’re not a remote working organisation’
06 Dec 2022 HR
National Audit Office boss: ‘We’re not a remote working organisation’
Some organisations made "premature" decisions, "boxing themselves into a strategy that they might now be regretting", Gareth Davies says
DWP staff to strike over festive period
05 Dec 2022 HR
DWP staff to strike over festive period
Strike over pay and conditions comes after reports of DWP officials using foodbanks amid cost-of-living crisis
Welsh Government to review office space with one in 10 civil servants in workplace each day
05 Dec 2022 HR
Welsh Government to review office space with one in 10 civil servants in workplace each day
Other bodies to be offered space amid plans to become "exemplar for remote working"
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – December 5
05 Dec 2022 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – December 5
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Civil service strikes: National Highways action to coincide with train walkouts
02 Dec 2022 HR
Civil service strikes: National Highways action to coincide with train walkouts
Union says strikes could “bring road network to a standstill” in December while rail travel disrupted
The fast and the curious: Anita Friend on the Defence and Security Accelerator's 'defendable' decisions
02 Dec 2022 HR
The fast and the curious: Anita Friend on the Defence and Security Accelerator's 'defendable' decisions
Anita Friend tells CSW how DASA finds and funds innovation to serve national security, why she trusts her staff, and how managing crises has framed her approach to work
Ex-ministers and officials who break lobbying rules should face legal action, MPs say
02 Dec 2022 HR
Ex-ministers and officials who break lobbying rules should face legal action, MPs say
Voluntary compliance with rules not “sufficient to maintain public confidence” in system’s integrity, PACAC says