EXCL: DWP exploring capability-based pay reform
08 Mar Operational Delivery

EXCL: DWP exploring capability-based pay reform

Department investigates pay models that would help it “grow in the marketplace as a place of choice for employees”
by Beckie Smith
Ageing DWP IT 'stopped Sunak raising benefits to keep pace with inflation'
10 May Operational Delivery
Ageing DWP IT 'stopped Sunak raising benefits to keep pace with inflation'
A strong foundation for national resilience
10 May Operational Delivery
A strong foundation for national resilience
‘Typical hostile environment treatment’ – Home Office leaves thousands of Turkish nationals waiting more than a year for visa decisions
05 May Operational Delivery
‘Typical hostile environment treatment’ – Home Office leaves thousands of Turkish nationals waiting more than a year for visa decisions
National resilience — a new approach Partner Content
24 May Operational Delivery
National resilience — a new approach
We urgently need to address the misnomer that resilience costs money, says Caroline Field, PA Consulting's national resilience expert
How public sector leaders can stop strategies becoming 'shelfware' Partner Content
19 Apr Operational Delivery
How public sector leaders can stop strategies becoming 'shelfware'
Creating strategy is one challenge — delivering it is another. PA Consulting builds on its experience in the public and private sectors to shed light on a path to developing long-term public sector strategy
Building the UK as a digital pioneer Partner Content
05 Apr Operational Delivery
Building the UK as a digital pioneer
The successful delivery of the National Cyber Strategy requires government, industry and individuals to work together across markets to proactively share risk and opportunity, moving beyond passing risk across contractual boundaries towards collaboration
A real shot in the arm: the highs, lows and lessons of delivering the Vaccines Programme
29 Mar Operational Delivery
A real shot in the arm: the highs, lows and lessons of delivering the Vaccines Programme
In a bleak and challenging time, the breath-taking speed and success of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout provided much-needed hope across the country. Beckie Smith meets Antonia Williams and Leila Tavakoli, who worked on the programme, to discuss what they learned from this award-winning endeavour
Read the March 2022 edition of Civil Service World
17 Mar Operational Delivery
Read the March 2022 edition of Civil Service World
Defence Equipment & Support chief exec Sir Simon Bollom on the "pinnacle" of his 40-year career and experts reflect on cyber threats in this month's Security & Policing focus
'There is something wrong with the way Whitehall does policy': Ex-DfE perm sec blasts ‘reality disconnect’
08 Mar Operational Delivery
'There is something wrong with the way Whitehall does policy': Ex-DfE perm sec blasts ‘reality disconnect’
Jonathan Slater says policymakers should have frontline delivery experience and be rewarded for results on the ground
Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency: creating a better experience for learner drivers to keep roads safe Partner Content
08 Mar Operational Delivery
Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency: creating a better experience for learner drivers to keep roads safe
PA Consulting discusses its experience working with the DVSA to enhance its supply chain and customer experience
'The most challenging summit anybody’s ever held': Cop26 COO Wasim Mir on last year's climate conference
15 Feb Operational Delivery
'The most challenging summit anybody’s ever held': Cop26 COO Wasim Mir on last year's climate conference
Organising a climate summit amid a pandemic was a massive logistical and diplomatic undertaking. Wasim Mir takes us behind the scenes of Cop26
WATCH: Steve Glass on the work of the Vaccine Taskforce and maintaining 'tenacity under pressure'
28 Jan Operational Delivery
WATCH: Steve Glass on the work of the Vaccine Taskforce and maintaining 'tenacity under pressure'
The winner of the Cabinet Secretary's Outstanding Leader Award shares how the task force delivered Covid-19 vaccines under extraordinary circumstances and on a massive scale, and lessons for the future
Read the January 2022 issue of Civil Service World
24 Jan Operational Delivery
Read the January 2022 issue of Civil Service World
Featuring exclusive interviews with HMRC's second perm sec and Cop26's chief operating officer
MPs to forcibly publish report on benefits system after ‘repeated obstruction’ from DWP
17 Jan Operational Delivery
MPs to forcibly publish report on benefits system after ‘repeated obstruction’ from DWP
Work and pensions secretary Thérèse Coffey has repeatedly refused to publish the research
A Differentiated Future Partner Content
11 Jan Operational Delivery
A Differentiated Future
Five key themes have emerged from PA consulting's latest survey, pointing towards a very different Higher Education sector in years to come
Poor evaluation means government ‘not learning from failure’, NAO head warns
10 Jan Operational Delivery
Poor evaluation means government ‘not learning from failure’, NAO head warns
“Limited consequences” for failing to evaluate projects means too few public bodies are doing so, Gareth Davies says
Airport fit for Air Force One Partner Content
05 Jan Operational Delivery
Airport fit for Air Force One
It went off without a hitch, but the logistics of gathering world leaders in Cornwall for the G7 Summit in June 2021 didn't just happen on its own but with the expertise of Costain. Here's how we made Newquay Airport fit for the arrival of President Joe Biden
Artificial intelligence without digital discrimination Partner Content
04 Jan Operational Delivery
Artificial intelligence without digital discrimination
Machine learning has huge potential to address government challenges but it is accompanied by a unique set of risks. Civica explains the challenges involved in deploying this technology in the public sector, pointing to a less hazardous path
Ministers mistake cuts for ‘efficiency’, MPs warn
06 Dec 2021 Operational Delivery
Ministers mistake cuts for ‘efficiency’, MPs warn
Funding boost for departmental capability and capacity might be needed to save money long term, PAC says
Investigating the responsiveness of the civil service Partner Content
03 Dec 2021 Operational Delivery
Investigating the responsiveness of the civil service
The world has changed dramatically, and to face these emerging challenges the civil service must respond rapidly. PA Consulting investigates civil service responsiveness to seek out the best global practices
'The big thing is unleashing people’s adaptivity': how departments should plan the future of work
02 Dec 2021 Operational Delivery
'The big thing is unleashing people’s adaptivity': how departments should plan the future of work
As departments and agencies look beyond the pandemic to plan their future approaches to hybrid working, industry professionals, academics and unions share what they should be considering
'The most rewarding work I’ve ever done': Kabul evacuation supported by rapid response team
01 Dec 2021 Operational Delivery
'The most rewarding work I’ve ever done': Kabul evacuation supported by rapid response team
Manager within Surge and Rapid Response Team "shed tears of joy" on hearing that family she helped had returned to the UK
Cab sec acknowledges civil service’s science skills shortfall
26 Nov 2021 Operational Delivery
Cab sec acknowledges civil service’s science skills shortfall
Simon Case pledges to “recruit more Kate Binghams” after former Vaccine Taskforce boss’s criticisms
Home Office 'failing to keep on top of asylum cases' as children wait 550 days for decisions
25 Nov 2021 Operational Delivery
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"
Home Office should lose Windrush compensation scheme role, MPs say
24 Nov 2021 Operational Delivery
Home Office should lose Windrush compensation scheme role, MPs say
Badly-managed scheme has "compounded the injustices" of the Windrush scandal, MPs say
How DWP hired 13,500 new work coaches – without meeting a single one
23 Nov 2021 Operational Delivery
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?
Government was not prepared enough for Covid pandemic, NAO finds
19 Nov 2021 Operational Delivery
Government was not prepared enough for Covid pandemic, NAO finds
Lessons from previous simulation exercises "not fully implemented", watchdog says