Civil Service Awards 2025 shortlist announced
22 Oct Operational Delivery

Civil Service Awards 2025 shortlist announced

Home Office is most-shortlisted department, with seven nominations at this year's 20th anniversary ceremony
by Tevye Markson
DWP creates new safeguarding team following MPs concerns
24 Nov Operational Delivery
DWP creates new safeguarding team following MPs concerns
‘Whitehall’s best kept secret’: MPs urge government to unlock public-facing civil servants’ potential
23 Oct Operational Delivery
‘Whitehall’s best kept secret’: MPs urge government to unlock public-facing civil servants’ potential
DWP staff indicate support for industrial action over 'unacceptable' pay
15 Oct Operational Delivery
DWP staff indicate support for industrial action over 'unacceptable' pay
HMRC urged to deliver productivity boost on tax collection
10 Feb Operational Delivery
HMRC urged to deliver productivity boost on tax collection
Drive to recruit 5,000 extra compliance staff should be accompanied by performance rates returning to pre-pandemic levels, NAO says
Treasury sets out scope of new loan charge review
28 Jan Operational Delivery
Treasury sets out scope of new loan charge review
Terms of reference for second review of HMRC's loan charge scheme published
‘Let’s make Whitehall more like a start-up’: Pat McFadden unveils civil service reform plan
09 Dec 2024 Operational Delivery
‘Let’s make Whitehall more like a start-up’: Pat McFadden unveils civil service reform plan
Government to deploy ‘test-and-learn’ teams and simplify recruitment processes
DBS staff fix strike dates in customer-contact dispute
27 Nov 2024 Operational Delivery
DBS staff fix strike dates in customer-contact dispute
Officials will stage two-day walkout as part of wider industrial action in run-up to Christmas
Winter fuel payment cut will push 50,000 pensioners into poverty, DWP admits
20 Nov 2024 Operational Delivery
Winter fuel payment cut will push 50,000 pensioners into poverty, DWP admits
Kendall meanwhile snubs call for "more detailed assessment" of poverty impacts, including on different protected groups
Covid Inquiry: Treasury and No.10 blocked NHS request for 10,000 extra beds
12 Nov 2024 Operational Delivery
Covid Inquiry: Treasury and No.10 blocked NHS request for 10,000 extra beds
NHS chief exec defends decisions on Nightingale Hospitals, which cost £358m but were largely unused
Public services facing financial uncertainty despite Budget spending boost – IfG
12 Nov 2024 Operational Delivery
Public services facing financial uncertainty despite Budget spending boost – IfG
It is “unlikely” that public services will see a notable improvement in performance next year, think tank warns
Digital identity watchdog launches in DSIT
31 Oct 2024 Operational Delivery
Digital identity watchdog launches in DSIT
Office for Digital Identities and Attributes opens formally two years after interim body launched in DCMS
DWP and HMRC get Budget boost for more counter-fraud and tax-debt staff
31 Oct 2024 Operational Delivery
DWP and HMRC get Budget boost for more counter-fraud and tax-debt staff
£110m will fund fraud-and-error hiring drives in both departments, while HMRC also gets £262m for debt-management staff
Reinstate outcome delivery plans to improve spending decisions, NAO says
28 Oct 2024 Operational Delivery
Reinstate outcome delivery plans to improve spending decisions, NAO says
Spending watchdog calls for changes to “incentives and behaviours” around planning and spending ahead of SR2025
HMRC launches rapid response apprenticeship hiring spree
21 Oct 2024 Operational Delivery
HMRC launches rapid response apprenticeship hiring spree
Surge and rapid response team offers 142 apprenticeships to "enthusiastic" team players
Special delivery: How has government’s approach to implementation evolved?
17 Oct 2024 Operational Delivery
Special delivery: How has government’s approach to implementation evolved?
As CSW was launched in 2004, Tony Blair’s Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit was hitting its stride. Jim Dunton looks at how the centre of government’s approach to implementation has evolved