Civil Service Awards 2025 winners announced
10 Dec HR

Civil Service Awards 2025 winners announced

See the full list of winners at the 20th anniversary special ceremony
by Tevye Markson
FCDO’s domestic staff to ‘bear brunt’ of job cuts, perm sec says
12 Dec HR
FCDO’s domestic staff to ‘bear brunt’ of job cuts, perm sec says
Sajid Javid reflects on departments with most 'passionate' staff
12 Dec HR
Sajid Javid reflects on departments with most 'passionate' staff
Acting national statistician Emma Rourke to leave ONS
11 Dec HR
Acting national statistician Emma Rourke to leave ONS
Cabinet Office offers £61k for deputy civil service comms head
17 Jan 2023 HR
Cabinet Office offers £61k for deputy civil service comms head
Communications directorate is “looking to enhance” its capability, including its advice to top officials
Nearly 700 DWP staff take voluntary redundancy amid office-closure programme
16 Jan 2023 HR
Nearly 700 DWP staff take voluntary redundancy amid office-closure programme
More than 400 jobs still at risk, minister says, while MPs raise concern about loss of specialist skills
Connect Four: Top networking tips from a Civil Service Awards winner
16 Jan 2023 HR
Connect Four: Top networking tips from a Civil Service Awards winner
The Junior Leaders Networking Events Team won the Developing and Supporting People Award at the 2022 Civil Service Awards. Funke Oham offers civil servants advice on how to network effectively and leave a lasting impression on colleagues
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – January 16
16 Jan 2023 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – January 16
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Sunak must press on with civil service reform, IfG director warns
13 Jan 2023 HR
Sunak must press on with civil service reform, IfG director warns
Hannah White says progress with combatting churn and bringing in outside expertise could be “valuable legacy” for PM
Consultants to aid push for ‘better, smaller and fairer' Cabinet Office by 2025
13 Jan 2023 HR
Consultants to aid push for ‘better, smaller and fairer' Cabinet Office by 2025
CO2025 reform programme is intended to deliver a "slimmed-down, high-performance" Cabinet Office
Treasury’s top economic adviser to leave for OECD
13 Jan 2023 HR
Treasury’s top economic adviser to leave for OECD
Clare Lombardelli will become OECD chief economist in spring, after 18 years in the civil service
Sunak must go beyond fine words to repair the damage to the UK's governing institutions
12 Jan 2023 HR
Sunak must go beyond fine words to repair the damage to the UK's governing institutions
Scrapping the civil service job-cuts target will go some way to restoring relations, but reputations cannot be repaired overnight
HMRC not deploying enough staff to tackle £42bn tax gap, MPs say
12 Jan 2023 HR
HMRC not deploying enough staff to tackle £42bn tax gap, MPs say
"Eye-watering" sum owed in unpaid taxes could have helped fill "public spending black hole", PAC says
Civil service pay talks branded a 'farce' as unions say Cabinet Office minister had 'nothing to offer'
12 Jan 2023 HR
Civil service pay talks branded a 'farce' as unions say Cabinet Office minister had 'nothing to offer'
Further strike action threatened as unions criticise lack of offer to address their pay and conditions concerns
100,000 civil servants to strike in one-day action in February
12 Jan 2023 HR
100,000 civil servants to strike in one-day action in February
PCS: “We warned the government our dispute would escalate if they did not listen – and we’re as good as our word"
Anti-strike legislation 'reprehensible and vindictive', union says
11 Jan 2023 HR
Anti-strike legislation 'reprehensible and vindictive', union says
PCS pledges to fight bill aimed at maintaining minimum service levels in Border Force and elsewhere