Pensions, pay and voluntary exits: CSW's most-read stories of 2025
23 Dec 2025 HR

Pensions, pay and voluntary exits: CSW's most-read stories of 2025

Step behind the curtains – here are the 11 stories that got the most attention in 2025
by CSW
DWP: PCS strike ballot over 'poverty pay' delayed
07 Jan HR
DWP: PCS strike ballot over 'poverty pay' delayed
Starmer appoints head of PM's Delivery Unit
07 Jan HR
Starmer appoints head of PM's Delivery Unit
Immigration officers charged with stealing from migrants
06 Jan HR
Immigration officers charged with stealing from migrants
Government chief digital officer post on offer for £190k
17 Feb 2022 HR
Government chief digital officer post on offer for £190k
Current CDDO head Joanna Davinson is to depart role imminently
Gisela Stuart's imminent appointment as civil service watchdog 'raises questions', Starmer says
16 Feb 2022 HR
Gisela Stuart's imminent appointment as civil service watchdog 'raises questions', Starmer says
Ex-Vote Leave chair is "closely politically connected to the current government", Labour leader says
High Court declares Dido Harding appointment unlawful
15 Feb 2022 HR
High Court declares Dido Harding appointment unlawful
Campaigners claim victory in “chumocracy” case over former NHS Test and Trace boss and director Mike Coupe
Scotland's chief medical officer apologises for retweeting 'political messaging'
15 Feb 2022 HR
Scotland's chief medical officer apologises for retweeting 'political messaging'
Gregor Smith was accused of breaking the civil service code
DCMS unpacks plans to move jobs north
15 Feb 2022 HR
DCMS unpacks plans to move jobs north
City-centre hub in Manchester will host 400 staff and 200 more will work out of Treasury’s Darlington campus
NICS hires top consultant as Sue Gray’s successor
14 Feb 2022 HR
NICS hires top consultant as Sue Gray’s successor
EY’s chief economist in Ireland is lined up as Department of Finance perm sec
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – February 14
14 Feb 2022 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – February 14
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
MPs demand answers on 'Office of the Prime Minister' plans
11 Feb 2022 HR
MPs demand answers on 'Office of the Prime Minister' plans
Alex Chisholm urged to clarify new department's "status and what its relationship with the Cabinet Office will be"
Treating civil service as hostile is 'foolish and wrong', ex-PM John Major warns ministers
11 Feb 2022 HR
Treating civil service as hostile is 'foolish and wrong', ex-PM John Major warns ministers
Former Conservative leader also says plans for an Office of the Prime Minister sound “a little like a gimmick”
Former healthcare boss named interim No.10 perm sec
10 Feb 2022 HR
Former healthcare boss named interim No.10 perm sec
Samantha Jones led private healthcare provider before advising Boris Johnson on NHS reform
Barclay 'giving up large portion of Cabinet Office brief' to be No.10 chief of staff
09 Feb 2022 HR
Barclay 'giving up large portion of Cabinet Office brief' to be No.10 chief of staff
Stephen Barclay will remain Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster responsibilities after taking on new "all-consuming job"
Government isn’t ‘getting the best’ out of the civil service, Tory grandee says
09 Feb 2022 HR
Government isn’t ‘getting the best’ out of the civil service, Tory grandee says
Levelling-up agenda will require concerted action to mobilise departments, says former Wales secretary John Redwood