Budget 2025: Departments told to find extra £4.9bn in efficiencies
26 Nov HR

Budget 2025: Departments told to find extra £4.9bn in efficiencies

New target follows near-£14bn efficiencies committed to for SR25 period
by Tevye Markson
DSIT launches ‘GDS Local’ unit
25 Nov HR
DSIT launches ‘GDS Local’ unit
Ministers’ own words are instructive on what has to change in the Treasury
25 Nov HR
Ministers’ own words are instructive on what has to change in the Treasury
DWP: Union to hold strike ballot over pay concerns
25 Nov HR
DWP: Union to hold strike ballot over pay concerns
Ex-chancellor faces no sanctions for contacting Treasury on bank's behalf
29 Nov 2021 HR
Ex-chancellor faces no sanctions for contacting Treasury on bank's behalf
Philip Hammond's approach on behalf of OakNorth Bank “would have been more appropriate” coming from someone else, minister says
Cabinet Office criticised over 'rushed' watchdog recruitment
26 Nov 2021 HR
Cabinet Office criticised over 'rushed' watchdog recruitment
Thirteen-day application window “hardly a good way to get a strong and diverse field” for next UKSA chair, says former Royal Statistical Society chief exec
Cab sec acknowledges civil service’s science skills shortfall
26 Nov 2021 HR
Cab sec acknowledges civil service’s science skills shortfall
Simon Case pledges to “recruit more Kate Binghams” after former Vaccine Taskforce boss’s criticisms
Pay sparks strike threat at Natural England
25 Nov 2021 HR
Pay sparks strike threat at Natural England
Action to start on 4 January, union says
NHS Digital and NHSX to be merged into NHS England
25 Nov 2021 HR
NHS Digital and NHSX to be merged into NHS England
Move will accelerate transformation and enable consistent messaging, leaders of tech units say
Home Office 'failing to keep on top of asylum cases' as children wait 550 days for decisions
25 Nov 2021 HR
Home Office 'failing to keep on top of asylum cases' as children wait 550 days for decisions
Inspectors find "no evidence of any case type being prioritised"
HMCTS offers up to £130k for next chief exec
25 Nov 2021 HR
HMCTS offers up to £130k for next chief exec
Campaign comes more than a year after Susan Acland-Hood became DfE perm sec
House style: Jacob Rees-Mogg on working with civil servants, and how they can better engage with parliament
24 Nov 2021 HR
House style: Jacob Rees-Mogg on working with civil servants, and how they can better engage with parliament
The leader of the House shares the training on offer for officials; his conversion to civil service fandom; and his infamous style guide
How DWP hired 13,500 new work coaches – without meeting a single one
23 Nov 2021 HR
How DWP hired 13,500 new work coaches – without meeting a single one
Faced with a Herculean hiring drive as coronavirus restrictions took hold, the department could not recruit candidates in the usual ways. So what did it do instead?
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – November 22
22 Nov 2021 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – November 22
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Drop social distancing to get more civil servants back to offices, departments told
18 Nov 2021 HR
Drop social distancing to get more civil servants back to offices, departments told
Guidance update "should support you to remove some or all of the measures associated with social distancing", Chisholm says
Ministerial code ‘not about protecting civil servants’ rights’, PM’s lawyer says
18 Nov 2021 HR
Ministerial code ‘not about protecting civil servants’ rights’, PM’s lawyer says
High Court is told Boris Johnson’s decision on Priti Patel bullying probe was a “matter of judgment for him”