Policy

Keep up-to-date with the latest Policy news from Civil Service World

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

16 Jun Policy

New fellowships to support 'future national resilience' go live

15 Jun Policy

Alternative People Survey 2026 launches

29 May Policy

NEETs report flags departments’ failure to ‘join dots’ for young people

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”

23 Jun 2020 Policy

Explained: All the key changes to England's coronavirus lockdown announced by Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson has announced a major relaxation of the coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England. But what are the details of the new plans and how will it impact on our day-to-day lives?

22 Jun 2020 Policy

Coronavirus: DWP ‘must not ignore’ people claiming legacy benefits after Universal Credit boost

Recipients of benefits including jobseekers’ allowance and employment support allowance have “slipped down the list of priorities”, says committee chair

19 Jun 2020 Policy

Case study: How academic ‘policy entrepreneurs’ can help the civil service

From the impact of Covid-19 to dealing with the impact of climate change, government has never faced greater policy challenges. But, as recent work on developing policy strategies for carbon capture and storage shows, civil servants can get help from academics to find the right solutions. Professor Karen Turner, the director from the Centre for Energy Policy at the University of Strathclyde, explains

15 Jun 2020 Policy

Government launches fresh review into racial inequality in wake of Black Lives Matters protests

Inquiry comes after Race Disparity Audit, which was published in 2017 when Theresa May was prime minister