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
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DWP: PCS strike ballot over 'poverty pay' delayed
PCS union: Civil service strikes will maximise disruption – but protect benefits claimants
15 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
PCS union: Civil service strikes will maximise disruption – but protect benefits claimants
Cabinet Office walkouts could have government-wide impact, but union promises to tread carefully at DWP
Bridge builders: How civil servants helped the nation mourn Queen Elizabeth II
15 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
Bridge builders: How civil servants helped the nation mourn Queen Elizabeth II
Operation Bridges included the organisation of national and international mourning for the UK’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Here, CSW hears from four of the many civil servants who worked on the operation
HMRC’s new complaints-management system will be ‘ready in weeks’
11 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
HMRC’s new complaints-management system will be ‘ready in weeks’
Delayed CHART project on course for January delivery, tax-collection agency says
Cabinet Office pledges to ‘minimise’ impact of civil service strikes
11 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
Cabinet Office pledges to ‘minimise’ impact of civil service strikes
Experience of Covid response "will help departments flex" to keep key services running
DWP accused of passing the buck for 'unacceptably high' benefits fraud
09 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
DWP accused of passing the buck for 'unacceptably high' benefits fraud
PAC chair says DWP does not have plan to "get a grip" on the billions it is losing every year
Civil service has fat to cut but ministers must be smart about it, IfG says
04 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
Civil service has fat to cut but ministers must be smart about it, IfG says
Report applauds demise of 20% headcount reduction target, but says policy profession “likely to feel the heat”
Home Office accused of 'failing at every turn' on migrant crisis
03 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
Home Office accused of 'failing at every turn' on migrant crisis
Local authority leaders share safety concerns and criticise lack of consultation over location of immigration facilities
Civil service should shrink, but government should do less, top officials say
03 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
Civil service should shrink, but government should do less, top officials say
Public sector have mixed views on scrapped 91,000 job-cuts plan but call for more "streamlined" government
With budgets stretched and workforces drained, government must decide what it can – and can't – deliver
03 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
With budgets stretched and workforces drained, government must decide what it can – and can't – deliver
As the cost-of-living crisis bites, the public is divided on public spending – but bold reform is needed, not salami-slicing cuts
Departments under fire for ‘fragmented and ineffective’ net-zero work
03 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
Departments under fire for ‘fragmented and ineffective’ net-zero work
MPs say government’s commitment to “lead by example” on combatting climate change is not being met
Opening the door to a better life: how government agencies are working together to reduce reoffending
02 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
Opening the door to a better life: how government agencies are working together to reduce reoffending
Like many complex issues, reducing reoffending is a challenge that can get caught in the web of organisational boundaries. But with focused, collaborative work, positive change can happen. Jess Bowie speaks to officials working together through the Reducing Reoffending Board and finds out how they build common goals, line up their budgets – and why they still value their own departments
Home Office told to 'get a grip' on Manston asylum centre
02 Nov 2022 Operational Delivery
Home Office told to 'get a grip' on Manston asylum centre
Watchdog's report reveals litany of problems at processing centre as minister says asylum system 'will not be fixed overnight'