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
Going, going, gong: Five minutes with King's birthday honours recipient Rose Moore
15 Oct HR
Going, going, gong: Five minutes with King's birthday honours recipient Rose Moore
DWP advanced customer support senior leader Moore was awarded an OBE for services to vulnerable people
Scottish Government: Minister rules out four-day week despite pilot finding productivity and wellbeing benefits
28 Aug HR
Scottish Government: Minister rules out four-day week despite pilot finding productivity and wellbeing benefits
Evaluation of 32-hour-week pilot finds “a significant increase in productivity, with work performance remaining stable”
Voluntary madness: Whitehall’s obsession with exit schemes is hollowing out the wrong people while dodging real reform
27 Aug HR
Voluntary madness: Whitehall’s obsession with exit schemes is hollowing out the wrong people while dodging real reform
History tells us voluntary exit schemes take far too long to run and almost always fail to deliver the necessary impact
DBT to consider new 'sector offices' based on Office for Life Sciences model
27 Aug HR
DBT to consider new 'sector offices' based on Office for Life Sciences model
Department for Business and Trade says offices could support high growth sectors identified in industrial strategy
DfT offers £173k a year for next major rail projects DG
27 Aug HR
DfT offers £173k a year for next major rail projects DG
Successsful canditate will get performance-related pay of up to £25k in return for being responsible for HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail
Fast streamers accept 2025-26 pay award
22 Aug HR
Fast streamers accept 2025-26 pay award
FDA union says the deal is "another step to fixing long-standing issues with Fast Stream pay" but warns of ongoing pay parity issues
Cabinet Office targets £350m savings from Child Benefit fraud
22 Aug HR
Cabinet Office targets £350m savings from Child Benefit fraud
Pilot inspires creation of 200-strong team in clampdown on claimants who have left the country
NICS launches campaign for 500 executive officer jobs
21 Aug HR
NICS launches campaign for 500 executive officer jobs
First level management roles on offer at a range of departments and agencies
Government picks chair for new independent disability advisory panel
21 Aug HR
Government picks chair for new independent disability advisory panel
Panel will “provide guidance, recommendations and feedback to embed lived experience into policy design and delivery”, with Zara Todd playing a “guiding role”
Civil service apprenticeship scheme launched for school leavers
20 Aug HR
Civil service apprenticeship scheme launched for school leavers
Pat McFadden says the scheme will help to ensure the civil service reflects the people it serves
UK Space Agency to become unit within DSIT
20 Aug HR
UK Space Agency to become unit within DSIT
Agency chief says the move "will make it faster and easier to translate the nation’s space goals into reality"
Cabinet Office appoints Octopus Energy chief as new non-exec
20 Aug HR
Cabinet Office appoints Octopus Energy chief as new non-exec
Greg Jackson appointed for three-year term as a non-executive board member