The government must avoid creating a destabilised culture in Whitehall Exclusive
06 May HR

The government must avoid creating a destabilised culture in Whitehall

While our friends across the Atlantic favour the ostentatious and outrageous when it comes to tackling inefficiency, we must take a different approach
by Simon Hoare
MoJ offers up to £160,000 for group chief technology officer
08 May HR
MoJ offers up to £160,000 for group chief technology officer
New HMPPS bullying complaints unit to end 'toxic culture', prisons minister says
07 May HR
New HMPPS bullying complaints unit to end 'toxic culture', prisons minister says
DSIT seeks 25 Britain’s ‘best and brightest’ for one-year secondments
07 May HR
DSIT seeks 25 Britain’s ‘best and brightest’ for one-year secondments
15-strong levelling up task force to drive flagship policy
13 May 2021 HR
15-strong levelling up task force to drive flagship policy
Officials will be recruited from across government for new unit
Scores of GDS staff moved to new Central Digital and Data Office
13 May 2021 HR
Scores of GDS staff moved to new Central Digital and Data Office
Responsibility for controls and standards has been taken on by new entity
Cabinet Office creates ‘levelling up’ team
12 May 2021 HR
Cabinet Office creates ‘levelling up’ team
Report of task force comes as Queen’s Speech sets out policies linked to flagship agenda
Treasury threatened with court challenge over civil service pensions ‘theft’
04 May 2021 HR
Treasury threatened with court challenge over civil service pensions ‘theft’
Unions preparing judicial review plans over department’s “diabolical” proposals to pay for McCloud case costs
MPs demand answers on settlement awarded to ex-Home Office perm sec Rutnam
29 Apr 2021 HR
MPs demand answers on settlement awarded to ex-Home Office perm sec Rutnam
PAC says Priti Patel must explain why the reported figure was higher than the maximum awarded at employment tribunals
PM blocks new standards adviser from launching own investigations
29 Apr 2021 HR
PM blocks new standards adviser from launching own investigations
Johnson says giving Queen's former aide Lord Christopher Geidt such powers would invite “vexatious complaints”
Ministers need new rules for the WhatsApp age, ex-cab secs say
27 Apr 2021 HR
Ministers need new rules for the WhatsApp age, ex-cab secs say
O’Donnell and Sedwill says ministers should not communicate with businesses and press without an official record
High Court agrees to hear Patel bullying challenge
27 Apr 2021 HR
High Court agrees to hear Patel bullying challenge
Judicial review will rule on whether prime minister was wrong to decide home secretary did not break ministerial code
PM wanted to ask cab sec to stop leak inquiry that implicated fiancée's friend, Cummings alleges
26 Apr 2021 HR
PM wanted to ask cab sec to stop leak inquiry that implicated fiancée's friend, Cummings alleges
Ex-spad denies leaking text messages between Johnson and James Dyson amid lobbying row
PM to set up No.10 unit to strengthen policy delivery
22 Apr 2021 HR
PM to set up No.10 unit to strengthen policy delivery
Blair-style team will be headed up by coronavirus vaccination lead Emily Lawson
DHSC names new chief scientific adviser
21 Apr 2021 HR
DHSC names new chief scientific adviser
Lucy Chappell will take on some of chief medical officer Chris Whitty’s health department work
‘It's about ensuring quality’: New Chartered Management Consultant Award launches Sponsored
20 Apr 2021 HR
‘It's about ensuring quality’: New Chartered Management Consultant Award launches
Tamzen Isacsson of the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) explains what this award means – and why it’s backed by both government and the industry
'Ad-hoc' approach to civil service skills isn't working, think tank warns
19 Apr 2021 HR
'Ad-hoc' approach to civil service skills isn't working, think tank warns
Skilled businesspeople should get the chance to work in government with 'ethical safeguards', says report calling for skills strategy
Mitie lands £90m contract for quarantine-compliance checks
16 Apr 2021 HR
Mitie lands £90m contract for quarantine-compliance checks
Home Office says new service will visit up to 10,000 people a day who are supposed to be isolating at home
Government disbands LGBT+ panel after three advisers quit over 'hostility'
14 Apr 2021 HR
Government disbands LGBT+ panel after three advisers quit over 'hostility'
Chair quit last month saying ministers had created "hostile environment" for LGBT+ people
Top commercial official ‘worked for civil service and Greensill at same time’
14 Apr 2021 HR
Top commercial official ‘worked for civil service and Greensill at same time’
Anti-corruption watchdog tells Cabinet Office to publish its conflicts of interest policy as clearance loophole emerges
Independent commission calls for Spending Reviews to be dumped
12 Apr 2021 HR
Independent commission calls for Spending Reviews to be dumped
Panel also calls for departmental boards to get greater powers to scrutinise top officials’ performance
Liz Truss to move into Ian Fleming's old office as DIT moves to Old Admiralty Building
07 Apr 2021 HR
Liz Truss to move into Ian Fleming's old office as DIT moves to Old Admiralty Building
Move intended to "bring the department closer together operationally and geographically"
Government leases office and co-working space for temporary jocentres and 'hybrid' working
06 Apr 2021 HR
Government leases office and co-working space for temporary jocentres and 'hybrid' working
Contract will provide space for DWP's temporary jobcentres and give officials access to co-working spaces
Cabinet Office threatened with legal action over racism and bullying allegations
06 Apr 2021 HR
Cabinet Office threatened with legal action over racism and bullying allegations
Union says there is “no point” in further talks with senior managers and looks to Equality and Human Rights Commission
PM's most senior black adviser to quit as ministers defend landmark race report
01 Apr 2021 HR
PM's most senior black adviser to quit as ministers defend landmark race report
Report criticised for recommending a "new story" about slavery be taught in schools
Defra seeks leader to realise potential of HR data
30 Mar 2021 HR
Defra seeks leader to realise potential of HR data
Lead sought for transformation programme that aims to make better use of workforce data
Jenny Harries to replace Dido Harding as head of new public-health body
25 Mar 2021 HR
Jenny Harries to replace Dido Harding as head of new public-health body
Deputy chief medical officer will lead the renamed UK Health Security Agency
PM urged to rule out 40% funding cut at Office for Veterans Affairs
25 Mar 2021 HR
PM urged to rule out 40% funding cut at Office for Veterans Affairs
Boris Johnson tells MPs no final decision has been made on £2m budget reduction for Cabinet Office unit