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    Boris Johnson says Sedwill's resignation was reason for Partygate event held a month before cab sec quit
    23 Mar HR

    Boris Johnson says Sedwill's resignation was reason for Partygate event held a month before cab sec quit

    MPs lose patience with ex-PM's reliance on "flimsy" assurances from advisers that Covid rules were followed in heated hearing
    by Beckie Smith
    ‘No target for civil service job cuts doesn’t mean no cuts’, minister tells MPs
    29 Mar HR
    ‘No target for civil service job cuts doesn’t mean no cuts’, minister tells MPs
    Cabinet Office eyes 25,000 cut to civil service’s London headcount by 2030
    28 Mar HR
    Cabinet Office eyes 25,000 cut to civil service’s London headcount by 2030
    Diamond reappointed for second spell as national statistician
    28 Mar HR
    Diamond reappointed for second spell as national statistician
    Treasury officials ‘threatening to ignore tribunal’, says Owen lawyer
    30 May 2012 HR
    Treasury officials ‘threatening to ignore tribunal’, says Owen lawyer

    A solicitor representing David Owen, a civil servant suing the Treasury for unfair dismissal, has said that officials are threatening to ignore the judge’s decision should he rule in Owen’s favour.


    PAC: ‘No plan’ for MoD staff cuts
    30 May 2012 HR
    PAC: ‘No plan’ for MoD staff cuts

    The Ministry of Defence (MoD) failed to plan out the skills it will need in the long term before cutting its civilian and military workforces, according a report published by the Public Accounts Committee on Friday.


    Exclusive: SCS faces stronger oversight
    16 May 2012 HR
    Exclusive: SCS faces stronger oversight

    The government’s civil service reform plan will increase the “corporate management” of the senior civil service and allow departments to better understand the abilities of employees in other organisations when recruiting, Sir Bob Kerslake, head of the civil service, has told CSW.


    Penman to be FDA general secretary
    16 May 2012 HR
    Penman to be FDA general secretary

    Dave Penman, the current deputy general secretary of the FDA, will become the trade union’s next general secretary later this year, it was announced yesterday.


    PCS to strike on 10 May with Unite’s NHS workers over Cabinet Office’s public sector pension reforms
    25 Apr 2012 HR
    PCS to strike on 10 May with Unite’s NHS workers over Cabinet Office’s public sector pension reforms

    Civil servants in the PCS Union will strike on 10 May over reforms to public sector pensions, the trade union announced last week. They will be joined by NHS workers from the Unite trade union, it said.


    Staff key to Treasury crisis response
    12 Apr 2012 HR
    Staff key to Treasury crisis response

    The Treasury needs to improve its contingency planning, broaden the capability of its staff, and encourage officials to challenge policy orthodoxies if it is to better handle future financial crises, a report has stated.


    Cabinet Office ‘commissioning academy’ plan
    12 Apr 2012 HR
    Cabinet Office ‘commissioning academy’ plan

    The Cabinet Office is to run a central academy to train civil servants and local government employees in commissioning and procurement, the department has told CSW.


    Civil servants eager to adopt flexible working, but warn that management culture and IT are obstacles
    28 Mar 2012 HR
    Civil servants eager to adopt flexible working, but warn that management culture and IT are obstacles

    An overwhelming majority of civil servants (79 per cent) believe that they would benefit from ‘new ways of working’ (NWW) – such as hot desking and remote working – and some 99 per cent believe that their departments would benefit, according to CSW research carried out in conjunction with property and infrastructure firm Capita Symonds.


    Proposed pensions deal matches post-2007 average salary scheme – but with higher contributions
    28 Mar 2012 HR
    Proposed pensions deal matches post-2007 average salary scheme – but with higher contributions

    A new proposal for civil service pension reform has been sent to trade unions for consultation, following the conclusion of talks between both sides earlier this month.


    New training system depends on departmental support, says Arnott
    28 Mar 2012 HR
    New training system depends on departmental support, says Arnott

    The head of Civil Service Learning (CSL), Jerry Arnott, has told CSW that he’s relying on departments’ procurement and finance professionals to ensure that all training purchases pass through CSL’s ‘Gateway’ – a key element of the reforms to civil service training set to come into force on 1 April.


    28 Mar 2012 HR
    PASC: ‘Ministers’ adviser lacks teeth’

    A Public Administration Select Committee report into the role of the independent adviser on ministers’ interests has concluded that the role is not “independent in any meaningful sense”. 


    Exclusive: McKibbin backs spend to save and plans zero redundancies
    28 Mar 2012 HR
    Exclusive: McKibbin backs spend to save and plans zero redundancies

    Despite a change of approach in Whitehall, civil servants in Northern Ireland will continue to pursue ‘spend to save’, Dr Malcolm McKibbin, head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), has told CSW.


    Opinion: We mustn’t renege on our commitment to diversity, says Oliver Entwistle
    07 Mar 2012 HR
    Opinion: We mustn’t renege on our commitment to diversity, says Oliver Entwistle

    The civil service has been a front runner in treating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB & T) workers fairly. Same sex adoption and parenting leave is available, same sex partners are recognised in pensions, and there are LGB & T staff networks.


    07 Mar 2012 HR
    HMRC 2nd perm sec role rejigged

    HMRC has changed the role of its second permanent secretary in an attempt to eliminate the problems that dogged the tenure of departing incumbent Dave Hartnett.


    Exclusive: Fast Stream reform group aims to move fast in introducing right to training and secondments
    22 Feb 2012 HR
    Exclusive: Fast Stream reform group aims to move fast in introducing right to training and secondments

    The group tasked with reforming the civil service Fast Stream wants to introduce a right to undertake training and secondments, the group’s head Lin Homer has told CSW. She hopes to make the changes quickly, and suggested that they may affect all current fast streamers.


    Exclusive: Civil service commissioner calls for Treasury tax review extension
    22 Feb 2012 HR
    Exclusive: Civil service commissioner calls for Treasury tax review extension

    First civil service commissioner Sir David Normington has called for the Treasury’s scoping review of tax arrangements across the senior civil service to be extended, to ascertain whether the people involved are full civil servants or interim managers.


    Exclusive: Committee chairs criticise departmental report responses
    22 Feb 2012 HR
    Exclusive: Committee chairs criticise departmental report responses

    Departmental select committee chairs have provided mixed reviews of the departments they scrutinise for a Civil Service World Special Report, which has found that 40 per cent of them are dissatisfied with departments’ responses to their reports.


    Francis Maude locking horns with permanent secretaries over controversial Fast Stream reforms
    08 Feb 2012 HR
    Francis Maude locking horns with permanent secretaries over controversial Fast Stream reforms

    Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude wants the Fast Stream programme to be halved to two years, but plans have been delayed because departments are pushing for a compromise, CSW has learned.


    Kerslake: project academy shows way forward
    08 Feb 2012 HR
    Kerslake: project academy shows way forward

    An academy to develop project leadership skills among senior officials, launched this week by Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, will become a model for addressing skills gaps across government, according to head of the civil service Sir Bob Kerslake.


    Senior consultants under scrutiny for tax arrangements
    07 Feb 2012 HR
    Senior consultants under scrutiny for tax arrangements

    Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander has ordered a review into the salary arrangements for “all senior consultancy appointments” after the revelation Ed Lester, chief executive at the Student Loans Company (SLC), was paid through a consultancy firm in order to reduce tax on his salary package.


    25 Jan 2012 HR
    Union appeal on judicial review

    The civil service trade unions are appealing against a High Court ruling that upholds the legality of the government’s decision to link public sector pensions to the CPI measure of inflation rather than the more generous RPI measure.


    27 Sep 2011 HR
    Defra chief calls for bravery in senior officials' appointments

    Civil service leaders should take more risks when making promotions to bring a wider range of skills into senior teams, environment permanent secretary Bronwyn Hill has said.


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