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
'We are deeply sorry': Capita and Cabinet Office bosses outline plan to tackle pension scheme crisis
28 Jan Operational Delivery
'We are deeply sorry': Capita and Cabinet Office bosses outline plan to tackle pension scheme crisis
Survey finds 98% of Ofsted inspectors are overworked
22 Jan Operational Delivery
Survey finds 98% of Ofsted inspectors are overworked
DWP: PCS strike ballot over 'poverty pay' delayed
07 Jan Operational Delivery
DWP: PCS strike ballot over 'poverty pay' delayed
Efficiency is a moral imperative – but there are few incentives in Whitehall to really do more for less
20 Oct 2023 Operational Delivery
Efficiency is a moral imperative – but there are few incentives in Whitehall to really do more for less
Every pound that is wasted is a pound that could have been used to improve people’s lives, but little is done to recognise those who identify specific risks to spending, or operational bottlenecks to greater efficiency
MoJ agrees sentencing delays as prisons near capacity limits
12 Oct 2023 Operational Delivery
MoJ agrees sentencing delays as prisons near capacity limits
Judges urged to postpone jailing some categories of criminal to ease pressure on places
HS2 'assessing impact' of cancellation on contracts
10 Oct 2023 Operational Delivery
HS2 'assessing impact' of cancellation on contracts
Signed contracts include £300m of framework agreements signed shortly before cancellation of Manchester leg
Generalist scheme axed in Fast Stream revamp Exclusive
06 Oct 2023 Operational Delivery
Generalist scheme axed in Fast Stream revamp
Grad programme pathway is split into individual policy and operational delivery schemes
'No longer safe': Watchdog finds 'prison-like conditions' at Home Office detention centre
05 Oct 2023 Operational Delivery
'No longer safe': Watchdog finds 'prison-like conditions' at Home Office detention centre
Prisons inspector "concerned about deteriorating outcomes" at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
All departments should take responsibility for rough sleeping, report argues
26 Sep 2023 Operational Delivery
All departments should take responsibility for rough sleeping, report argues
Kerslake Commission says departments should collaborate and have collective accountability for rough sleeping
NI perm secs told to begin consultation on cash-raising measures
21 Sep 2023 Operational Delivery
NI perm secs told to begin consultation on cash-raising measures
Move follows secretary of state’s imposition of £14.2bn budget amid Stormont power vacuum
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