Government Legal Department names new perm sec
30 Mar HR

Government Legal Department names new perm sec

Douglas Wilson will succeed Susanna McGibbon as Treasury solicitor and HM procurator general from 13 April
by Jim Dunton
Prison staff to get 3.5% pay rise
30 Mar HR
Prison staff to get 3.5% pay rise
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 30 March
30 Mar HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 30 March
Scrap 60% office mandate, union demands amid rising living costs
27 Mar HR
Scrap 60% office mandate, union demands amid rising living costs
Ministers need new rules for the WhatsApp age, ex-cab secs say
27 Apr 2021 HR
Ministers need new rules for the WhatsApp age, ex-cab secs say
O’Donnell and Sedwill says ministers should not communicate with businesses and press without an official record
High Court agrees to hear Patel bullying challenge
27 Apr 2021 HR
High Court agrees to hear Patel bullying challenge
Judicial review will rule on whether prime minister was wrong to decide home secretary did not break ministerial code
PM wanted to ask cab sec to stop leak inquiry that implicated fiancée's friend, Cummings alleges
26 Apr 2021 HR
PM wanted to ask cab sec to stop leak inquiry that implicated fiancée's friend, Cummings alleges
Ex-spad denies leaking text messages between Johnson and James Dyson amid lobbying row
PM to set up No.10 unit to strengthen policy delivery
22 Apr 2021 HR
PM to set up No.10 unit to strengthen policy delivery
Blair-style team will be headed up by coronavirus vaccination lead Emily Lawson
DHSC names new chief scientific adviser
21 Apr 2021 HR
DHSC names new chief scientific adviser
Lucy Chappell will take on some of chief medical officer Chris Whitty’s health department work
‘It's about ensuring quality’: New Chartered Management Consultant Award launches Sponsored
20 Apr 2021 HR
‘It's about ensuring quality’: New Chartered Management Consultant Award launches
Tamzen Isacsson of the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) explains what this award means – and why it’s backed by both government and the industry
'Ad-hoc' approach to civil service skills isn't working, think tank warns
19 Apr 2021 HR
'Ad-hoc' approach to civil service skills isn't working, think tank warns
Skilled businesspeople should get the chance to work in government with 'ethical safeguards', says report calling for skills strategy
Mitie lands £90m contract for quarantine-compliance checks
16 Apr 2021 HR
Mitie lands £90m contract for quarantine-compliance checks
Home Office says new service will visit up to 10,000 people a day who are supposed to be isolating at home
Government disbands LGBT+ panel after three advisers quit over 'hostility'
14 Apr 2021 HR
Government disbands LGBT+ panel after three advisers quit over 'hostility'
Chair quit last month saying ministers had created "hostile environment" for LGBT+ people
Top commercial official ‘worked for civil service and Greensill at same time’
14 Apr 2021 HR
Top commercial official ‘worked for civil service and Greensill at same time’
Anti-corruption watchdog tells Cabinet Office to publish its conflicts of interest policy as clearance loophole emerges
Independent commission calls for Spending Reviews to be dumped
12 Apr 2021 HR
Independent commission calls for Spending Reviews to be dumped
Panel also calls for departmental boards to get greater powers to scrutinise top officials’ performance
Liz Truss to move into Ian Fleming's old office as DIT moves to Old Admiralty Building
07 Apr 2021 HR
Liz Truss to move into Ian Fleming's old office as DIT moves to Old Admiralty Building
Move intended to "bring the department closer together operationally and geographically"