Unions slam Reform UK plans to oust perm secs and cut 68,500 jobs
15 Dec 2025 Operational Delivery

Unions slam Reform UK plans to oust perm secs and cut 68,500 jobs

Party announces more details of civil service reform policies including weakening pensions in favour of higher bonuses, increasing office working and big cuts to policy profession
by Tevye Markson
DWP: PCS strike ballot over 'poverty pay' delayed
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DWP: PCS strike ballot over 'poverty pay' delayed
DVSA appoints new chief exec amid driving test backlog crisis
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DVSA appoints new chief exec amid driving test backlog crisis
Civil Service Awards 2025 winners announced
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Civil Service Awards 2025 winners announced
Departments set to be billed millions for armed forces strike cover
16 Dec 2022 Operational Delivery
Departments set to be billed millions for armed forces strike cover
Military personnel for Border Force, NHS and other strikes will cost roughly £4,000 a week per soldier
Antonia Romeo on delivering a ‘game changer for victims’ and balancing the MoJ's competing priorities
16 Dec 2022 Operational Delivery
Antonia Romeo on delivering a ‘game changer for victims’ and balancing the MoJ's competing priorities
Inflationary pressures will continue in 2023, but the Ministry of Justice has made some great strides forward 
'I am impressed at colleagues’ resilience, but 2023 is unlikely to bring much respite': Chris Whitty’s New Year predictions
16 Dec 2022 Operational Delivery
'I am impressed at colleagues’ resilience, but 2023 is unlikely to bring much respite': Chris Whitty’s New Year predictions
England’s chief medical officer praises health workers and civil servants, but warns winter will be tough
'The biggest challenge for 2023? Tempering my ambition in the face of reality’: FSA’s Emily Miles looks ahead
15 Dec 2022 Operational Delivery
'The biggest challenge for 2023? Tempering my ambition in the face of reality’: FSA’s Emily Miles looks ahead
There’s always more the Food Standards Agency could do, but it must first deal with its most pressing priorities, its chief exec says
Angela MacDonald shares HMRC's 2022 highlights – including capturing Britain’s most wanted woman
15 Dec 2022 Operational Delivery
Angela MacDonald shares HMRC's 2022 highlights – including capturing Britain’s most wanted woman
The tax agency’s second perm sec contemplates the careful and compassionate leadership that will be required to prepare for the challenges of 2023
Civil Service Awards 2022 winners revealed
09 Dec 2022 Operational Delivery
Civil Service Awards 2022 winners revealed
See the awards list in full
FCDO to step up aid scrutiny as minister admits UK 'not a development superpower'
08 Dec 2022 Operational Delivery
FCDO to step up aid scrutiny as minister admits UK 'not a development superpower'
Development minister also planning restructure which could include new second perm sec
Civil service strikes: Border Force to strike at six airports over Christmas
08 Dec 2022 Operational Delivery
Civil service strikes: Border Force to strike at six airports over Christmas
A thousand passport-checking officials are set to go on strike for eight days, PCS has announced
From the streets, to prison, to working in the civil service
06 Dec 2022 Operational Delivery
From the streets, to prison, to working in the civil service
An official shares her remarkable and harrowing life story, and explains how she now uses her experiences to help improve government policy
DWP staff to strike over festive period
05 Dec 2022 Operational Delivery
DWP staff to strike over festive period
Strike over pay and conditions comes after reports of DWP officials using foodbanks amid cost-of-living crisis
Will the Autumn Statement’s short-term focus sideline longer-term outcomes for public services?
01 Dec 2022 Operational Delivery
Will the Autumn Statement’s short-term focus sideline longer-term outcomes for public services?
Public services may well have passed their tipping point, and short-term firefighting is clearly not the way back
Outcome delivery plans suspended after job-cuts saga and Autumn Statement
01 Dec 2022 Operational Delivery
Outcome delivery plans suspended after job-cuts saga and Autumn Statement
Disruption halted publication but Sunak will not scrap ODPs in the long run, minister confirms