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
Read the autumn 2023 issue of Civil Service World
19 Sep 2023 Operational Delivery
Read the autumn 2023 issue of Civil Service World
Our Energy and Environment special asks: What can the UK do to prepare for climate change? Plus, the secret life a press secretary, and government's ugliest postwar buildings
Probation inspector calls for independent review of 'struggling' service
19 Sep 2023 Operational Delivery
Probation inspector calls for independent review of 'struggling' service
Watchdog says understaffed and resource-constrained services could do better under local control
UK aid impoverished by FCO-DfID merger, report warns
18 Sep 2023 Operational Delivery
UK aid impoverished by FCO-DfID merger, report warns
Officials have been faced with ‘strategic drift’ in recent years, aid watchdog says
DHSC lacked economic advice to support Covid response, ex-minister says
06 Sep 2023 Operational Delivery
DHSC lacked economic advice to support Covid response, ex-minister says
Bethell also criticised No.10’s "odd" approach to managing the pandemic, and argued that government should be like Transformers
Railway bridge remedials signal tensions between National Highways and local planners
15 Aug 2023 Operational Delivery
Railway bridge remedials signal tensions between National Highways and local planners
National Highways provides update on removal of infill from Cumbrian bridge, amid ongoing tension with local authorities and heritage campaigners over management of Historical Railways Estate
Treasury publishes new efficiency guidance for civil servants
31 Jul 2023 Operational Delivery
Treasury publishes new efficiency guidance for civil servants
Institute for Government praises “more sophisticated approach”
What does a second permanent secretary do and why are there so many of them?
18 Jul 2023 Operational Delivery
What does a second permanent secretary do and why are there so many of them?
More and more departments are appointing second permanent secretaries. Beckie Smith speaks to civil service leaders and outside experts to find out more
Too many cooks in the kitchen? Here’s a recipe for cross-government success
12 Jul 2023 Operational Delivery
Too many cooks in the kitchen? Here’s a recipe for cross-government success
Complex challenges increasingly require officials to work across departmental boundaries, but it's not always easy to deliver on these shared projects. Sian Jones offers advice from the latest National Audit Office guide which aims to help civil servants get better together
'It’s a precious thing to doubt your certainty': CSW chews the cud with Food Standards Agency chief executive Emily Miles
06 Jul 2023 Operational Delivery
'It’s a precious thing to doubt your certainty': CSW chews the cud with Food Standards Agency chief executive Emily Miles
Jess Bowie meets FSA chief executive Emily Miles to discuss the safety of what we eat, idealism versus pragmatism, and why a bit of self-doubt is crucial to good leadership
Covid Inquiry: DHSC did not plan for pandemic quarantine measures despite 'system overload' warning
27 Jun 2023 Operational Delivery
Covid Inquiry: DHSC did not plan for pandemic quarantine measures despite 'system overload' warning
DHSC board warned in 2016 of need for quarantine and contact-tracing preparations, inquiry hears
Home Office ‘disbands’ Windrush reform unit
20 Jun 2023 Operational Delivery
Home Office ‘disbands’ Windrush reform unit
Civil servants concerned commitments to reform department are being “watered down”
MPs ask HMRC for answers over summer helpline closure
16 Jun 2023 Operational Delivery
MPs ask HMRC for answers over summer helpline closure
Treasury Committee questions impact of self-assessment phone line changes on citizens and lack of notice