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    Keep up-to-date with the latest Policy news from Civil Service World
    Home Office perm sec sets out plans to tackle compliance ‘weaknesses’
    08 May Policy

    Home Office perm sec sets out plans to tackle compliance ‘weaknesses’

    Antonia Romeo tells MPs multi-million-pound asylum-accommodation failings exposed need for “incentivised culture-change”
    by Jim Dunton
    Dinosaurs, data and digital policy: What are the woolly mammoths in the room?
    08 May Policy
    Dinosaurs, data and digital policy: What are the woolly mammoths in the room?
    British Steel: Ministerial direction issued to allow for speedy intervention
    30 Apr Policy
    British Steel: Ministerial direction issued to allow for speedy intervention
    Tamara Finkelstein to step down as Defra perm sec
    29 Apr Policy
    Tamara Finkelstein to step down as Defra perm sec
    EU referendum: Jeremy Heywood to face MPs over civil service guidance on dealing with pro-Brexit ministers
    29 Feb 2016 Policy
    EU referendum: Jeremy Heywood to face MPs over civil service guidance on dealing with pro-Brexit ministers

    Cabinet secretary will be questioned by the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Tuesday, after ministers in favour of leaving the EU question guidance on use of official resources


    Former civil service head Lord Kerslake blasts “demeaning” move to end automatic “check off” of union fees across Whitehall
    26 Feb 2016 Policy
    Former civil service head Lord Kerslake blasts “demeaning” move to end automatic “check off” of union fees across Whitehall

    Lord Kerslake says it is “impossible to see why any fair person would want to remove this very basic service” - and vows to "sing the national anthem" if the government shelves plans to end automatic "check off" of fees from civil servants' pay packets


    Jeremy Heywood launches new network for black and minority ethnic civil service leaders as Whitehall aims to boost diversity in its top ranks
    25 Feb 2016 Policy
    Jeremy Heywood launches new network for black and minority ethnic civil service leaders as Whitehall aims to boost diversity in its top ranks

    "One of our most important collective responsibilities is to improve the diversity of our senior leadership," says cabinet secretary, as new senior network launched


    Scottish perm sec Leslie Evans: civil servants still see moving between Edinburgh and Whitehall as 'very difficult'
    25 Feb 2016 Policy
    Scottish perm sec Leslie Evans: civil servants still see moving between Edinburgh and Whitehall as "very difficult"

    Sharing of staff and ideas between Holyrood and Westminster still hindered by "a bit of a perception" it will require upheaval for civil servants, says Scotland's top official - as she stresses "need to recognise each others’ evolving roles"


    Cabinet Office creates new EDS role to help Whitehall focus on 'disruptive and long-term thinking'
    22 Feb 2016 Policy
    Cabinet Office creates new EDS role to help Whitehall focus on "disruptive and long-term thinking"

    Powerful Economic and Domestic Secretariat to get a new deputy director to help departments focus on longer-term trends and the impact of technology


    Government unveils long-awaited 'Single Departmental Plans' in drive to match resources with priorities
    19 Feb 2016 Policy
    Government unveils long-awaited "Single Departmental Plans" in drive to match resources with priorities

    Ministers say new, single documents bringing together spending totals and broad reform plans will "enable the public to see how government is delivering"


    How governments around the world are encouraging civil servants to be more bold
    16 Feb 2016 Policy
    How governments around the world are encouraging civil servants to be more bold

    When good ideas emerge, the public sector should seize on them, give them money – and publicise the civil servants who have dreamed them up. 


    Sprint 16: Six things we learned about the future of government digital from the GDS conference
    12 Feb 2016 Policy
    Sprint 16: Six things we learned about the future of government digital from the GDS conference

    Rolling out text alerts, sorting out "crap" government IT, cleaning up data, and trying to recruit skilled people when the money's tight — there's plenty going on in the world of government digital, as Matt Foster found at the Government Digital Service's annual gathering


    Ministry of Justice to hand more power to prison governors as David Cameron vows “wholesale” reform
    08 Feb 2016 Policy
    Ministry of Justice to hand more power to prison governors as David Cameron vows “wholesale” reform

    Prison performance will be subject to greater transparency, David Cameron set to say, while governors will be handed greater control over the education of inmates


    Whitehall urged to improve 'ad hoc' data sharing with governments in Holyrood, Stormont and Cardiff
    03 Feb 2016 Policy
    Whitehall urged to improve "ad hoc" data sharing with governments in Holyrood, Stormont and Cardiff

    Report by the Alliance for Useful Evidence and the Institute for Government finds officials held back by "structural and cultural barriers" between UK's various governments


    EU referendum deal: David Cameron welcomes 'substantial' reform package
    02 Feb 2016 Policy
    EU referendum deal: David Cameron welcomes "substantial" reform package

    Interim agreement would allow Britain to restrict in-work benefits to EU migrants for up to four years in the event of "excessive pressure on the proper functioning of its public services"


    EU referendum deal: David Cameron wins “red card” pledge
    02 Feb 2016 Policy
    EU referendum deal: David Cameron wins “red card” pledge

    Downing Street hails move as "further sign of progress" as David Cameron pushes for renegotiation of Britain's place in the EU


    A “finely researched” account of the transformation in the UK’s approach to our railways [Book review]
    28 Jan 2016 Policy
    A “finely researched” account of the transformation in the UK’s approach to our railways [Book review]

    Lord Grocott reviews Chris Austin and Richard Faulkner’s Disconnected! Broken Links in Britain’s Rail Policy


    Gus O'Donnell: Civil servants will be 'mentally' working on Brexit plan
    18 Jan 2016 Policy
    Gus O'Donnell: Civil servants will be "mentally" working on Brexit plan

    Former cabinet secretary says civil servants will be informally working on preparations for British exit from the European Union in spite of official assurances


    Downing Street names Simon Case as David Cameron's new principal private secretary
    08 Jan 2016 Policy
    Downing Street names Simon Case as David Cameron's new principal private secretary

    Simon Case heading back to Number 10 from GCHQ


    Bob Kerslake sheds light on his review of the Treasury for Labour's John McDonnell
    01 Dec 2015 Policy
    Bob Kerslake sheds light on his review of the Treasury for Labour's John McDonnell

    Former head of the civil service drafts in TUC chief Frances O'Grady and ex-KPMG deputy Alan Buckle to assess whether the Treasury is "fit for purpose"


    IFS on the Spending Review: “Lucky” Osborne has eased the squeeze – but chancellor may have to revisit cuts plan
    26 Nov 2015 Policy
    IFS on the Spending Review: “Lucky” Osborne has eased the squeeze – but chancellor may have to revisit cuts plan

    Institute for Fiscal Studies says talk of "end to austerity" is premature


    George Osborne: Spending Review does not mean end to “difficult choices” for departments
    26 Nov 2015 Policy
    George Osborne: Spending Review does not mean end to “difficult choices” for departments

    Chancellor eyes more austerity in first interview since yesterday’s cuts announcements – while the IFS says departmental settlement is "very, very tight"


    MPs urge Ministry of Justice to axe 'disproportionate' court fees
    20 Nov 2015 Policy
    MPs urge Ministry of Justice to axe "disproportionate" court fees

    Fees may create "perverse incentives", justice select committee warns


    Government must not get complacent on open data progress, says IfG
    19 Nov 2015 Policy
    Government must not get complacent on open data progress, says IfG

    Latest Whitehall Monitor from the Institute for Government says government must not take quality of open data for granted – and says new chief data officer will need "sufficient political and institutional clout" to make the issue a priority


    Information watchdog pushes back against FoI charges call
    18 Nov 2015 Policy
    Information watchdog pushes back against FoI charges call

    Information Commissioner's Office tells the Burns review of Freedom of Information that charges – backed by officials in a recent CSW survey – would have a "deterrent effect" and could create more work for departments


    Police funding: Home Office admits data error and delays reform
    10 Nov 2015 Policy
    Police funding: Home Office admits data error and delays reform
    Plans to overhaul police funding formula delayed after department discovers "statistical error"
    Former diplomats urge better coordination of UK foreign policy – and more flexibility for staff
    09 Nov 2015 Policy
    Former diplomats urge better coordination of UK foreign policy – and more flexibility for staff

    LSE Diplomacy Commission warns over lack of joined-up foreign policy strategy – and says Foreign Office must do more to promote "family-friendly" career paths


    MPs urge protection of UK science base
    09 Nov 2015 Policy
    MPs urge protection of UK science base

    With science and research spending already below the OECD average, new report by the Science and Technology Committee calls on the Treasury to "safeguard both the quality and the productivity of our science base"


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