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19 Dec Policy

Read the winter 2026 issue of Civil Service World

This issue brings a special focus on the clean energy superpower mission, plus interviews with four perm secs and the creator of Yes, Minister

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15 Dec Policy

Unions slam Reform UK plans to oust perm secs and cut 68,500 jobs

10 Dec Policy

Civil Service Awards 2025 winners announced

05 Dec Policy

Jonathan Slater: Central government needs to stop telling teachers how to do their jobs

18 Sep 2020 Policy

Minister rejects call for written directions to be expanded to policy amid Internal Market Bill concerns

Civil servants told that go-ahead from new cabinet secretary is only assurance they need to work on controversial legislation

14 Sep 2020 Policy

National Data Strategy promises to ‘tackle government culture of risk aversion’

Document sets out ‘transforming government’s use of data’ as one of five missions

03 Sep 2020 Policy

A-Level row: 'It's unlikely we could ever have delivered this policy successfully,' Ofqual chair says

Roger Taylor said it was Gavin Williamson's decision to use algorithm, but Ofqual is "ultimately responsible for the decisions that fall to us".

27 Aug 2020 Policy

Slated for success: DfE perm sec Jonathan Slater on delivery, directions and dancing

Moving to the education department brought Jonathan Slater back to a policy area he knows and loves. He speaks to Suzannah Brecknell about his key role in helping the frontline function

13 Aug 2020 Policy

Cummings and No.10 policy unit to move to Cabinet Office

The move is seen as part of Cummings-inspired government changes as top adviser has long wanted more control over the civil service by Downing Street

05 Aug 2020 Policy

Home Office seeks leader for Policy and Innovation Lab

Department recruits for individual to apply design principles to solve government challenges

31 Jul 2020 Policy

Government comms criticised as new northern lockdown rules brought in at short notice

Matt Hancock says data from the test and trace system shows case number increase is a result of households meeting each other

08 Jul 2020 Policy

Government to pay young people’s wages for six months under Treasury ‘Plan for Jobs’

Treasury also confirms it still plans to complete a comprehensive spending review to be completed this year despite coronavirus impact

03 Jul 2020 Policy

Government turns to Instagram to seek policy guidance from teenagers

New initiative will seek to gain views of people aged 13 to 25

30 Jun 2020 Policy

PM unveils infrastructure spending and planning reforms to ‘build, build, build’ out of Covid-19 crisis

"Times demand” interventionist policies to aid UK's economic recovery, Boris Johnson says

24 Jun 2020 Policy

Daily coronavirus press conferences scrapped after PM unveils easing of lockdown rules

“We’ll continue to hold press conferences to coincide with significant announcements," says No.10

23 Jun 2020 Policy

Pubs, restaurants, hotels and hairdressers to re-open as PM sets out lockdown easing

Boris Johnson says country’s “long hibernation is coming to an end”