Cabinet Office headcount drops by 13% in one quarter
19 Mar HR

Cabinet Office headcount drops by 13% in one quarter

Meanwhile, civil service headcount continues to creep up amid HMRC recruitment drive
by Tevye Markson
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Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 23 February
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Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 23 February
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Civil servants offered £1,500 cost-of-living payment to break strikes deadlock
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Civil servants offered £1,500 cost-of-living payment to break strikes deadlock
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Unions win right to challenge High Court pensions decision
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Unions win right to challenge High Court pensions decision
Move could result in lower Civil Service Pension Scheme contributions following McCloud judgment
Unions pause strike plans after breakthrough offer of 'meaningful talks'
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FDA pauses industrial action ballot and Prospect cancels planned all-out strike next month
Places for Growth: Early-stage report floated 60,000 job relocations
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Figure is almost three times the number of moves the Cabinet Office eventually settled on
'It has felt increasingly hard to get things done': Why civil servants are leaving in droves
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Departmental officials are voting with their feet and seeking new opportunities outside the civil service. Tevye Markson speaks to former staff to find out why they left, their advice for others and whether they would rejoin
Stop using rapid-response teams for 'strike breaking', PCS says
25 May 2023 HR
Stop using rapid-response teams for 'strike breaking', PCS says
Union says staff are deployed "often against their own will and conscience” to "undermine" strikes
‘Dysfunctional’ FCDO systems left aid watchdog unable to recruit staff and pay contractors
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‘Dysfunctional’ FCDO systems left aid watchdog unable to recruit staff and pay contractors
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PCS to boycott ‘farcical’ delegated pay talks
24 May 2023 HR
PCS to boycott ‘farcical’ delegated pay talks
Union refuses to negotiate with individual employers until "more money on the table"
Braverman's missed PR move and 'terrifying' Sue Gray: Five things we learned at the IfG’s civil service impartiality summit
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The home secretary missed a trick by skipping her speed-awareness course, while Gus O’Donnell fears a crony takeover of Whitehall
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SCS pay ‘not enough to live on in London’, ex-cabinet secretary warns
Gus O’Donnell says a pay hike is needed to fix churn and boost diversity in the civil service