MHCLG sets timeframe for move to new headquarters
27 May HR

MHCLG sets timeframe for move to new headquarters

Plus, Department for Work and Pensions delays departure from Caxton House until March next year
by Jim Dunton
Treasury dubs size of Northern Ireland’s public sector ‘a significant budgetary challenge’
03 Jun HR
Treasury dubs size of Northern Ireland’s public sector ‘a significant budgetary challenge’
The pay remit isn’t perfect – but within the framework we can still put money in officials’ pockets
03 Jun HR
The pay remit isn’t perfect – but within the framework we can still put money in officials’ pockets
NS&I offers up to £220k for next chief executive
02 Jun HR
NS&I offers up to £220k for next chief executive
Cabinet secretary told of new Partygate gathering in PM's No.10 flat
30 May 2022 HR
Cabinet secretary told of new Partygate gathering in PM's No.10 flat
The event, alleged to have taken place in the evening of Boris Johnson's birthday, would have broken Covid regulations at the time
Departments ‘working to June 30 deadline’ for civil service job cuts proposals Exclusive
27 May 2022 HR
Departments ‘working to June 30 deadline’ for civil service job cuts proposals
Home Office staff warned of “controls” on new recruitment while future headcount proposals are worked up
Civil servants told to remain 'fully focused' on services after Partygate report
25 May 2022 HR
Civil servants told to remain 'fully focused' on services after Partygate report
Case and Chisholm write to staff as PM says he hopes to "move on and focus on the priorities of the British people"
Covid perm sec signed off on taskforce head's leaving do, Gray finds
25 May 2022 HR
Covid perm sec signed off on taskforce head's leaving do, Gray finds
James Bowler, now DIT perm sec, said Kate Josephs' send-off could happen as long as it was socially distanced
Government leaders 'must bear responsibility' for Partygate culture: Gray report published
25 May 2022 HR
Government leaders 'must bear responsibility' for Partygate culture: Gray report published
Report says senior leadership at the centre, both political and official, "must bear responsibility" for culture which allowed events to go ahead
MPs lambast departments' 'unacceptable' widespread non-compliance with tax-dodge rules
25 May 2022 HR
MPs lambast departments' 'unacceptable' widespread non-compliance with tax-dodge rules
Government bodies “should be best placed” to understand IR35 rules, but HMRC partly to blame for "rushed" and poor implementation
Civil servants gear up for strike vote on pay and job cuts
25 May 2022 HR
Civil servants gear up for strike vote on pay and job cuts
"Government has left us no alternative," union says ahead of planned ballot later this year
Foreign Office perm sec urged to resign over Afghanistan evacuation ‘disaster’
24 May 2022 HR
Foreign Office perm sec urged to resign over Afghanistan evacuation ‘disaster’
Philip Barton and Dominic Raab slammed for “deep failures of leadership” and failure to record decisions
'Ideologically incoherent': ex-minister savages proposals to slash civil service jobs
24 May 2022 HR
'Ideologically incoherent': ex-minister savages proposals to slash civil service jobs
David Gauke calls 20% cuts plan “unrealistically optimistic, politically motivated and ideologically incoherent”
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – May 23
23 May 2022 HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – May 23
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
BEIS offers £160k for second perm sec to oversee 'high-stakes' programmes
23 May 2022 HR
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
23 May 2022 HR
Case ‘blocked’ from MPs’ grilling on Partygate and civil service reform as Gray report nears
Ministers accused of attempting to dodge “timely scrutiny” of job-cuts plans with select-committee veto