Darren Jones: All departments ‘will have a delivery team led by a top civil servant’
15 May Policy

Darren Jones: All departments ‘will have a delivery team led by a top civil servant’

Plans to “build in-house capacity” across government also include parachuting in new experts to ministerial private offices
by Jim Dunton
New fellowships to support 'future national resilience' go live
16 Jun Policy
New fellowships to support 'future national resilience' go live
Alternative People Survey 2026 launches
15 Jun Policy
Alternative People Survey 2026 launches
NEETs report flags departments’ failure to ‘join dots’ for young people
29 May Policy
NEETs report flags departments’ failure to ‘join dots’ for young people
Departments ‘back net-zero objectives', Pocklington tells MPs
27 Mar 2023 Policy
Departments ‘back net-zero objectives', Pocklington tells MPs
But energy security department perm sec acknowledges that decarbonising power sector by 2035 will be “very challenging”
BEIS recovered just 1% of £1.1bn fraud in Covid support loans to small firms
24 Mar 2023 Policy
BEIS recovered just 1% of £1.1bn fraud in Covid support loans to small firms
Losses come on top of multi-billion-pound Bounce Back Loans hit, National Audit Office says
Read the spring 2023 issue of Civil Service World
21 Mar 2023 Policy
Read the spring 2023 issue of Civil Service World
Read exclusive interviews with Home Office perm sec Matthew Rycroft and first civil service commissioner Gisela Stuart – plus deep dives on the trade profession and chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance's legacy
‘These are almost impossibly difficult issues to grapple with’: Matthew Rycroft on Rwanda, Windrush and transforming the Home Office Exclusive
20 Mar 2023 Policy
‘These are almost impossibly difficult issues to grapple with’: Matthew Rycroft on Rwanda, Windrush and transforming the Home Office
‘Permacrisis’ may have been Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2022, but it’s been part of the Home Office lexicon for decades. What’s it like leading such a closely scrutinised department while trying to transform its culture at the same time?
Spring Budget: Government launches new savings tracker amid departmental spending squeeze
15 Mar 2023 Policy
Spring Budget: Government launches new savings tracker amid departmental spending squeeze
IFS warns defence and childcare boosts could mean “very tough time for other spending areas”
DWP pledges to improve disabled people's experience of benefits system
15 Mar 2023 Policy
DWP pledges to improve disabled people's experience of benefits system
White paper promises to boost "trust and transparency" as Jeremy Hunt announces “biggest change to our welfare system in a decade"
Universal Credit sanctions tightened again as DWP told to publish research on their effectiveness
15 Mar 2023 Policy
Universal Credit sanctions tightened again as DWP told to publish research on their effectiveness
ICO tells DWP to publish evaluation as chancellor says sanctions will be applied "more rigorously"
Home Office perm sec 'proud of challenge' civil servants provide on immigration policy Exclusive
09 Mar 2023 Policy
Home Office perm sec 'proud of challenge' civil servants provide on immigration policy
Matthew Rycroft's comments came before Suella Braverman accused "activist" civil servants of "blocking" ministers' immigration reforms
Suella Braverman 'may have broken ministerial code' with attack on 'activist civil servants'
08 Mar 2023 Policy
Suella Braverman 'may have broken ministerial code' with attack on 'activist civil servants'
Home secretary lambasted for "cowardly" attack on Home Office staff over illegal migration bill
Cabinet Office targets £1bn-a-year savings through new efficiency pilot
07 Mar 2023 Policy
Cabinet Office targets £1bn-a-year savings through new efficiency pilot
Department will trial project which aims to modernise, automate and digitise government processes
Departmental delays ‘put government’s net-zero plans at risk’
02 Mar 2023 Policy
Departmental delays ‘put government’s net-zero plans at risk’
National Audit Office says lack of a delivery strategy for clean electricity could spook investors and ramp up costs
Commission aims to fix ‘hopelessly ill-equipped‘ centre of government
01 Mar 2023 Policy
Commission aims to fix ‘hopelessly ill-equipped‘ centre of government
Former cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell and historian Peter Hennessy back yearlong IfG project