Cabinet Office told Capita to prepare for six-figure pensions backlog, firm acknowledges
26 Mar HR

Cabinet Office told Capita to prepare for six-figure pensions backlog, firm acknowledges

Cat Little tells MPs the outsourcer was instructed to plan for up to 100,000 work in-progress cases before Civil Service Pension Scheme handover
by Tevye Markson and Jim Dunton
Ex-HMRC boss Harra drafted in to run NS&I
26 Mar HR
Ex-HMRC boss Harra drafted in to run NS&I
The valley of death – how the state systematically hollowed out its own delivery capacity
26 Mar HR
The valley of death – how the state systematically hollowed out its own delivery capacity
The wrong suspect: Why tech is rarely the issue when digital transformation goes wrong
25 Mar HR
The wrong suspect: Why tech is rarely the issue when digital transformation goes wrong
PM’s standards adviser quits after Partygate comments
16 Jun 2022 HR
PM’s standards adviser quits after Partygate comments
Downing Street says it is “disappointed” Geidt has decided to step down after barely a year in post
New cost-of-living tsar called Boris Johnson a 'lame duck PM'
15 Jun 2022 HR
New cost-of-living tsar called Boris Johnson a 'lame duck PM'
Just Eat boss David Buttress has also said "Boris has to go" and called him a "dead man walking politically"
Former Tory leader condemns Fast Stream recruitment freeze
15 Jun 2022 HR
Former Tory leader condemns Fast Stream recruitment freeze
William Hague says civil service needs more fast streamers if it is to reinvent itself successfully
PM’s standards adviser says Partygate probe didn’t encroach on his remit
14 Jun 2022 HR
PM’s standards adviser says Partygate probe didn’t encroach on his remit
Christopher Geidt refuses to tell MPs whether he backs calls for his powers to be made statutory
MPs to scrutinise government non-exec roles amid cronyism concerns
14 Jun 2022 HR
MPs to scrutinise government non-exec roles amid cronyism concerns
PACAC chair William Wragg says the inquiry aims to consider how NEDs should be held accountable
Homes England appoints first ever chief operating officer
14 Jun 2022 HR
Homes England appoints first ever chief operating officer
Kirsty Shaw joins from the Care Quality Commission
Scottish social security commission chair resigns
14 Jun 2022 HR
Scottish social security commission chair resigns
Adviser says Scottish Government's Covid response has put her in an "extremely difficult position" as a clinically vulnerably person
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – June 13
13 Jun 2022 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – June 13
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Government hopes to announce new chief digital officer ‘very shortly’
13 Jun 2022 HR
Government hopes to announce new chief digital officer ‘very shortly’
Process to recruit tech supremo is now in its ‘final stages’
Home Office offers £118k for deportation chief
13 Jun 2022 HR
Home Office offers £118k for deportation chief
Head of International and Returns Services Command will support design and delivery of Home Office's "strategic and operational returns"
Redundancies, recruitment freezes and 'deprioritisation': 10 things the latest guidance tells us about plans to cut civil service jobs
10 Jun 2022 HR
Redundancies, recruitment freezes and 'deprioritisation': 10 things the latest guidance tells us about plans to cut civil service jobs
From the timeline of a cross-civil service headcount reduction plan to outsourcing rules, here's what the latest leak reveals
Compulsory redundancies may be needed to hit 91,000 job cuts target, departments told
10 Jun 2022 HR
Compulsory redundancies may be needed to hit 91,000 job cuts target, departments told
Internal guidance also admits some work will need to be "deprioritised" because of headcount reductions