Operational Delivery

Annual report of the National Offender Management Service says additional overtime payments were needed to address staffing pressures

Workload survey shows civil service careers are becoming synonymous with low pay and long hours

Perm sec Richard Heaton slammed for “less than satisfactory” response to prison pressures

Civil servants who collect court fines could be moved to the private sector under outsourcing proposal

Chris Skidmore commits to place all new public bodies created following Brexit outside London

Infrastructure and Projects Authority says number of "at risk" schemes has dropped from 44 in 2016 to 38 this year 

Appointment of Angela MacDonald and Penny Ciniewicz follows departures of key staff Ruth Owen and Jennie Granger earlier this year

Hugh Ind has interim appointment made permanent 

Government signs 20-year lease on city centre office development to house 2,900 staff

Prime minister applauds Grenfell Tower and terror responses, but calls on Whitehall staff to “be bold” in facing future challenges

Some closure-threatened Jobcentres win reprieve in estates reorganisation, but new sites are earmarked to shut

Study finds Whitehall is the world’s most effective civil service for generating policy, but falls down ranking in areas like financial management and digital services