Cabinet Office headcount drops by 13% in one quarter
19 Mar HR

Cabinet Office headcount drops by 13% in one quarter

Meanwhile, civil service headcount continues to creep up amid HMRC recruitment drive
by Tevye Markson
FCDO sets out detail on overseas aid cuts
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FCDO sets out detail on overseas aid cuts
Union declares victory in WhatsApp group ‘victimisation’ case
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Union declares victory in WhatsApp group ‘victimisation’ case
MoJ announces funding for 1,300 extra probation officers
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MoJ announces funding for 1,300 extra probation officers
BEIS offers £160k for second perm sec to oversee 'high-stakes' programmes
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BEIS offers £160k for second perm sec to oversee 'high-stakes' programmes
Role has been created to "increase the scope and capacity of senior leadership", perm sec says
Case ‘blocked’ from MPs’ grilling on Partygate and civil service reform as Gray report nears
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Ministers accused of attempting to dodge “timely scrutiny” of job-cuts plans with select-committee veto
Cabinet Office to split as No.10 takes on domestic policy and national security
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Cabinet Office to split as No.10 takes on domestic policy and national security
Samantha Jones will oversee beefed-up PM's department while Cabinet Office will be civil service's “corporate headquarters”
'Difficult decisions' ahead, warn civil service chiefs as Rees-Mogg insists job cuts are 'not an attack' Exclusive
20 May 2022 HR
'Difficult decisions' ahead, warn civil service chiefs as Rees-Mogg insists job cuts are 'not an attack'
Decision to cut civil service numbers by 91,000 was “not taken lightly”, Simon Case and Alex Chisholm say
Redundancies as part of 91,000 job cuts plan ‘will be on 2010 terms’
19 May 2022 HR
Redundancies as part of 91,000 job cuts plan ‘will be on 2010 terms’
Union says Cabinet Office officials confirmed voluntary exit schemes will be needed to hit PM’s target
Disbelief as advisers voice ‘alarm’ over Cabinet Office HR headcount
19 May 2022 HR
Disbelief as advisers voice ‘alarm’ over Cabinet Office HR headcount
Attempt to frame Maude-era reforms as wasteful bureaucracy astonishes civil service unions
Read the May 2022 edition of Civil Service World
19 May 2022 HR
Read the May 2022 edition of Civil Service World
Alex Chisholm talks civil service reform, plus a look inside the ONS Data Science Campus
Met ends Partygate investigation with 83 people fined and 126 FPNs in total
19 May 2022 HR
Met ends Partygate investigation with 83 people fined and 126 FPNs in total
Sue Gray report expected next week as No.10 confirms Boris Johnson will not receive another fine
Jacob Rees-Mogg accused of 'blind ideology' after previously backing civil service flexible working
18 May 2022 HR
Jacob Rees-Mogg accused of 'blind ideology' after previously backing civil service flexible working
Union chief says minister's support of plan to reduce government estate shows "how poorly thought through his comments on hybrid working are"
Saving grace: NS&I chief Ian Ackerley on Covid turbulence, select committee grillings and green investment
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Saving grace: NS&I chief Ian Ackerley on Covid turbulence, select committee grillings and green investment
The chief executive of Britain’s venerable state-owned savings bank talks about its pandemic savings push, reputation management and transforming his organisation
Comms staff strategy shifts focus to 'sustainable' headcount reductions and regional rebalancing
18 May 2022 HR
Comms staff strategy shifts focus to 'sustainable' headcount reductions and regional rebalancing
Government Communication Service pledges central team at Cabinet Office will shrink as part of three-year vision
Unions demand urgent meeting with Barclay over 'crass' announcement of 91,000 job cuts Exclusive
17 May 2022 HR
Unions demand urgent meeting with Barclay over 'crass' announcement of 91,000 job cuts
Cabinet Office minister has yet to comment on plans to cut 91,000 jobs – a figure unions say has been “plucked from the air"