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
Tom Scholar named in New Year Honours – plus all the civil servants that made the 2023 list
03 Jan 2023 HR
Tom Scholar named in New Year Honours – plus all the civil servants that made the 2023 list
Home Office perm sec Matthew Rycroft and Treasury second perm sec Cat Little named alongside former Treasury chief
‘The hardest decision? Deciding what hybrid working is’: Government property chief Mark Chivers reflects on 2022
23 Dec 2022 HR
‘The hardest decision? Deciding what hybrid working is’: Government property chief Mark Chivers reflects on 2022
Government’s chief property officer looks back on his highlights from the last year and ongoing challenges
PCS union announces new civil service strike dates
22 Dec 2022 HR
PCS union announces new civil service strike dates
Meanwhile, Prospect chief predicts members will vote for “most widespread industrial action” in a decade
For the Scottish Government, 2022 was about making progress together in hard times
22 Dec 2022 HR
For the Scottish Government, 2022 was about making progress together in hard times
After becoming perm sec this year, JP Marks talks about the importance of living civil organisational values
Government's property plans 'in disarray' as 'plague of ageing, inadequate data systems strikes again', MPs warn
21 Dec 2022 HR
Government's property plans 'in disarray' as 'plague of ageing, inadequate data systems strikes again', MPs warn
Public Accounts Committee questions value for money of hubs programme, and ambitions to raise £2bn through property sales and efficiency savings
Sunak insists he is working hard to appoint ethics adviser
21 Dec 2022 HR
Sunak insists he is working hard to appoint ethics adviser
Prime minister says he hopes to make an announcement soon
Growing number of government lawyers hope to leave as pay satisfaction falls
20 Dec 2022 HR
Growing number of government lawyers hope to leave as pay satisfaction falls
Nearly a third of Government Legal Department officials want to leave within a year and just one in ten are happy with pay and benefits, according to latest People Survey data
MoJ leads £4m deal on heat and motion sensors to measure office occupancy
19 Dec 2022 HR
MoJ leads £4m deal on heat and motion sensors to measure office occupancy
Technology will report on whether desks and meeting rooms are occupied or not and numbers of people leaving or entering part of a building
Gisela Stuart: ‘These exceptional times have demonstrated the value of an impartial civil service to vital democratic checks and balances’
19 Dec 2022 HR
Gisela Stuart: ‘These exceptional times have demonstrated the value of an impartial civil service to vital democratic checks and balances’
The first civil service commissioner reflects on her first year in the role and recalls the 'Millennium bug'
Equality Hub director Marcus Bell on sign language success, a tough ‘media climate’ – and why Slade makes him shudder
19 Dec 2022 HR
Equality Hub director Marcus Bell on sign language success, a tough ‘media climate’ – and why Slade makes him shudder
"Diminishing resources” will be the Cabinet Office Equality Hub's biggest challenge ahead
Competence, actually: Hugh Grant salutes civil service
16 Dec 2022 HR
Competence, actually: Hugh Grant salutes civil service
Actor and campaigner says civil service is "our only hope" after year of turbulence
Departments set to be billed millions for armed forces strike cover
16 Dec 2022 HR
Departments set to be billed millions for armed forces strike cover
Military personnel for Border Force, NHS and other strikes will cost roughly £4,000 a week per soldier