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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 CSW staff
    Civil servants ‘can resign’ if they strongly oppose Gaza policy
    10 Jun Policy
    Civil servants ‘can resign’ if they strongly oppose Gaza policy
    Government needs to give more clarity on 'missions', MPs told
    21 May Policy
    Government needs to give more clarity on 'missions', MPs told
    Should we be worried about the decline of parliamentary scrutiny?
    09 May Policy
    Should we be worried about the decline of parliamentary scrutiny?
    Bronwyn Hill to step down as Defra permanent secretary
    02 Jul 2015 Policy
    Bronwyn Hill to step down as Defra permanent secretary

    Cabinet Office announces that Hill – Defra's perm sec since 2011 – will be succeeded by the DfT's Clare Moriarty


    Spending watchdog paints mixed picture of Pupil Premium impact
    30 Jun 2015 Policy
    Spending watchdog paints mixed picture of Pupil Premium impact

    National Audit Office report says Department for Education's Pupil Premium has used "clear formula to achieve a specific purpose", but says some schools being left with less money overall


    Hold perm secs to account on civil service diversity or risk backsliding, says spending watchdog
    25 Jun 2015 Policy
    Hold perm secs to account on civil service diversity or risk backsliding, says spending watchdog

    Report by the National Audit Office says Cabinet Office’s Talent Action Plan on Whitehall diversity needs measures “to track progress and help sustain momentum”


    Jeremy Heywood: Civil service must get better at championing its achievements
    23 Jun 2015 Policy
    Jeremy Heywood: Civil service must get better at championing its achievements

    Cabinet secretary says Civil Service Awards provide rare opportunity for “boasting” about achievements


    Review calls for overhaul of surveillance laws
    11 Jun 2015 Policy
    Review calls for overhaul of surveillance laws

    Security review calls for “comprehensive and comprehensible new law” to govern security agencies’ surveillance powers


    DfID’s results agenda places too much emphasis on ‘quantity of results over quality’ - aid watchdog
    11 Jun 2015 Policy
    DfID’s results agenda places too much emphasis on ‘quantity of results over quality’ - aid watchdog

    Independent Commission for Aid Impact says DfID’s aid measurement focuses too much on short term financial results over long term ‘transformative change’


    Cautious praise for care system shake-up from the National Audit Office
    11 Jun 2015 Policy
    Cautious praise for care system shake-up from the National Audit Office

    National Audit Office report says department consulted carefully on Care Act, but sounds warning over whether local authorities will be able to cope with demand


    George Osborne announces RBS shares sell-off
    11 Jun 2015 Policy
    George Osborne announces RBS shares sell-off

    Chancellor says "decision point" reached over government's stake in Royal Bank of Scotland


    Meddle management: A review of ‘A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less?’
    04 Jun 2015 Policy
    Meddle management: A review of ‘A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less?’

    Austin Mitchell reviews a new book examining the impact of decades of reform to central government 


    Special advice: What's it really like being a spad?
    03 Jun 2015 Policy
    Special advice: What's it really like being a spad?

    Stereotyped as masters of the dark arts, what role do special advisers really play? As a new crop arrives in Whitehall, Sarah Aston asked some veteran spads to share their war stories


    The official view: Former FCO minister Meg Munn rates the civil service
    02 Jun 2015 Policy
    The official view: Former FCO minister Meg Munn rates the civil service

    Meg Munn served as a minister for more than three years. Here she reflects on her time working with civil servants, including her attempts to get officials to ditch "baffling" jargon


    Downing Street moves to tighten grip on Whitehall with new 'Implementation Taskforces'
    02 Jun 2015 Policy
    Downing Street moves to tighten grip on Whitehall with new "Implementation Taskforces"

    Number 10 spokesperson denies new units tracking policy progress are a "judgement on the civil service"


    Former civil service head Lord Kerslake hits out at 'right to buy' extension
    01 Jun 2015 Policy
    Former civil service head Lord Kerslake hits out at "right to buy" extension

    Lord Kerslake, former head of the civil service, says it is "highly doubtful" government can secure like-for-like replacement of housing association properties sold off under new scheme


    PAC to the future? Labour MPs Gisela Stuart, Helen Goodman & Meg Hillier on the race to be the next Margaret Hodge
    27 May 2015 Policy
    PAC to the future? Labour MPs Gisela Stuart, Helen Goodman & Meg Hillier on the race to be the next Margaret Hodge

    With longstanding public accounts committee chair Margaret Hodge announcing that she won't be seeking another five years at the helm of parliament's powerful cross-party spending watchdog, Civil Service World asked the three Labour MPs hoping to succeed her why they want the job, and whether they think the committee's treatment of officials needs to change


    New minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock sets out civil service reform vision
    22 May 2015 Policy
    New minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock sets out civil service reform vision

    New minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock has set out his stall for five more years of civil service reform. Here's our full report on how it unfolded


    Full Matt Hancock speech on civil service reform
    22 May 2015 Policy
    Full Matt Hancock speech on civil service reform

    In full: "Making the civil service work for modern Britain", Minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock's May 22 speech to the Institute for Government on civil service reform


    Downing Street: 'strong case' for revisiting FOI law
    13 May 2015 Policy
    Downing Street: "strong case" for revisiting FOI law

    Number 10 confirms plan to look again at ministerial veto over Freedom of Information requests, ahead of publication of Prince Charles' letters to departments


    Francis Maude out as minister for the Cabinet Office as Matt Hancock takes the reins
    11 May 2015 Policy
    Francis Maude out as minister for the Cabinet Office as Matt Hancock takes the reins

    As David Cameron finalises post-election Cabinet, former business minister Matt Hancock is unveiled as Francis Maude's replacement


    Reshuffle: Cameron names DCMS, DECC and BIS secretaries
    11 May 2015 Policy
    Reshuffle: Cameron names DCMS, DECC and BIS secretaries

    John Whittingdale to lead culture department, Amber Rudd gets energy and Sajid Javid moves to BIS, as post-election reshuffle continues


    Reshuffle: Iain Duncan Smith reappointed as work and pensions secretary
    10 May 2015 Policy
    Reshuffle: Iain Duncan Smith reappointed as work and pensions secretary

    Department for Work and Pensions to be led by Iain Duncan Smith again as Cameron fleshes out new government


    Reshuffle: Michael Gove to take the reins at Ministry of Justice
    10 May 2015 Policy
    Reshuffle: Michael Gove to take the reins at Ministry of Justice

    Former education secretary Michael Gove to take on justice secretary role while Nicky Morgan stays at DfE


    General Election 2015: The Civil Service World guide
    06 May 2015 Policy
    General Election 2015: The Civil Service World guide

    As the country goes to the polls, here's CSW's full guide to what the 2015 election will mean for the civil service


    Francis Maude calls for change to civil service performance management which would see bosses give staff individual rankings
    29 Apr 2015 Policy
    Francis Maude calls for change to civil service performance management which would see bosses give staff individual rankings

    Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude tells CSW that performance management should move from a system where managers categorise set proportions of staff as performing well, acceptably and poorly to one where employees are individually ranked best to worst


    Open all hours: How open data is helping some of the world's most impoverished countries
    21 Apr 2015 Policy
    Open all hours: How open data is helping some of the world's most impoverished countries

    Policy-makers around the world are using open data to bolster their development programmes, says Liz Carolan of the Open Data Institute


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