Departments agree 16% admin savings and 5% total efficiencies
11 Jun HR

Departments agree 16% admin savings and 5% total efficiencies

OvFM helps departments find £13.8bn of annual efficiencies in day-to-day spending as part of 5% overall target
by Tevye Markson
Civil service strategic workforce plan delay 'disappointing' – union chief
11 Jun HR
Civil service strategic workforce plan delay 'disappointing' – union chief
Civil service headcount hits 19-year high
11 Jun HR
Civil service headcount hits 19-year high
Ministry of Justice picks Jo Farrar as new permanent secretary
11 Jun HR
Ministry of Justice picks Jo Farrar as new permanent secretary
Why the policy profession must embrace AI
13 Feb HR
Why the policy profession must embrace AI
Michael Padfield from i.AI sets out how a new range of tools are driving better strategy, greater democracy and improved delivery
DWP could face further security staff strikes
12 Feb HR
DWP could face further security staff strikes
PCS union balloting security guard contractors on further industrial action over pay and conditions
Case to chair Barrow regeneration board
11 Feb HR
Case to chair Barrow regeneration board
Former cab sec will help deliver plan to develop Barrow-in-Furness as centre for nuclear submarine-building
Former chief inspector of prisons to lead capacity crisis review
11 Feb HR
Former chief inspector of prisons to lead capacity crisis review
Dame Anne Owers, who was HM chief inspector of prisons from 2001-2010, will lead review into handling of prison capacity
Ofqual appoints permanent chief after more than a year
10 Feb HR
Ofqual appoints permanent chief after more than a year
Interim chief regulator Sir Ian Bauckham will stay on after 13 months in the temporary post
HMRC urged to deliver productivity boost on tax collection
10 Feb HR
HMRC urged to deliver productivity boost on tax collection
Drive to recruit 5,000 extra compliance staff should be accompanied by performance rates returning to pre-pandemic levels, NAO says
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – February 10
10 Feb HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – February 10
Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs in the last week, via Dods People
Experienced former civil servant appointed as Nato ambassador
07 Feb HR
Experienced former civil servant appointed as Nato ambassador
Angus Lapsley's three-decades-plus career includes time at Cabinet Office, MoD and Foreign Office
Ministers ramp up pressure on SCS ahead of spending review
06 Feb HR
Ministers ramp up pressure on SCS ahead of spending review
Refresh of performance management system will include new cross-government consistency check
GDS seeks cross-government 'digital and data pay and reward lead'
06 Feb HR
GDS seeks cross-government 'digital and data pay and reward lead'
Designer of new career and pay framework to be tasked with "empowering civil servants to achieve more in house and reduce the reliance on contractors and consultancies"
Breaking up is hard to do: What makes a machinery of government change successful?
05 Feb HR
Breaking up is hard to do: What makes a machinery of government change successful?
MoG changes – what are they good for? We look back on 20 years of what some Whitehall watchers affectionately call “rearranging the deckchairs” to see what’s worked, and what’s been a waste of time and money
Government appoints new chief commercial officer
05 Feb HR
Government appoints new chief commercial officer
MoD director general Andrew Forzani says he is “extremely proud” to take on the role
Civil Service Pension Scheme delay 'disappointing', union says
04 Feb HR
Civil Service Pension Scheme delay 'disappointing', union says
Pensioners warned process to fix botched reforms could take two years longer than planned
Whitehall must embrace 'fast learning' culture – NAO boss
04 Feb HR
Whitehall must embrace 'fast learning' culture – NAO boss
Gareth Davies also calls for system reform and investment in people to boost productivity in annual speech
Collaboration up, efficiency and productivity down: What we learnt from the 2024 Civil Service People Survey
04 Feb HR
Collaboration up, efficiency and productivity down: What we learnt from the 2024 Civil Service People Survey
CSW delves deeper into this year's survey to find some of the most interesting results
Government must address cyber security staffing shortage, NAO warns
03 Feb HR
Government must address cyber security staffing shortage, NAO warns
Government set to miss 2025 cyber security target amid staffing and ageing IT struggles
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – February 3
03 Feb HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – February 3
Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs in the last week, via Dods People
Civil servants awarded Humanitarian Medal
03 Feb HR
Civil servants awarded Humanitarian Medal
First recipients of Humanitarian Medal are people who responded to disasters in Morocco, Libya and Gaza
Civil servants – we want you to tell us what you really think
31 Jan HR
Civil servants – we want you to tell us what you really think
CSW and Reform launch The Alternative People Survey
Civil service sick days fall as pandemic impact eases
31 Jan HR
Civil service sick days fall as pandemic impact eases
Covid-19 makes up around 7% of civil service sickness absence in 2023-24, down from 21% the year before
Civil Service People Survey 2024: Officials happier with pay and keener to stay
31 Jan HR
Civil Service People Survey 2024: Officials happier with pay and keener to stay
Stress levels and bullying and harassment rates fail to improve, latest sentiment barometer reveals
Louise Casey: Civil servants have power and responsibility to deliver change
31 Jan HR
Louise Casey: Civil servants have power and responsibility to deliver change
Government's next lead non-executive director Baroness Casey tells CSW's inaugural Collaboration Conference that civil servants should be confident and open to change
Departments 'can go at own pace' with AI adoption, perm sec says
31 Jan HR
Departments 'can go at own pace' with AI adoption, perm sec says
Civil service is close to having 6% of officials as members of the digital and data profession, MPs are told
What do senior women leaders wish they could tell their younger selves?
30 Jan HR
What do senior women leaders wish they could tell their younger selves?
You don’t need to be brave on your own – and other findings from a recent study