MHCLG sets timeframe for move to new headquarters
27 May Property & Estates

MHCLG sets timeframe for move to new headquarters

Plus, Department for Work and Pensions delays departure from Caxton House until March next year
by Jim Dunton
National Archives wins award for MI5 exhibition
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National Archives wins award for MI5 exhibition
DfE creates new ‘digital and infrastructure’ DG role
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DfE creates new ‘digital and infrastructure’ DG role
‘Sensitive and highly functional’: Historic Whitehall building wins accessibility accolade
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Cabinet Office reports £450m savings from greener public buildings
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Latest State of the Estate report says sale of surplus land and structures netted a further £367m in 2024-25
ONS office attendance rules to be relaxed
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Staff back new hybrid working agreement, which will see individual targets scrapped and bring an end to a two-year dispute
Scrap 60% office mandate, union demands amid rising living costs
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PCS says scrapping the civil service-wide hybrid working policy will reduce costs for both civil servants and departments
Manchester Digital Campus gets Treasury approval
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Campus to bring together 8,800 staff from multiple government departments
Hybrid working: GPA helping departments to meet 60% mandate
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Hybrid working: GPA helping departments to meet 60% mandate
Responding to House of Lords report, government says 60% approach “offers the best balance for most employees”
Treasury launches new crackdown on ‘public service inefficiencies and waste’
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‘Huge milestone’: Construction of new government hub begins
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‘Huge milestone’: Construction of new government hub begins
Darlington hub to accommodate more than 1,600 civil servants
Safety scare at DWP’s new £100m Blackpool hub
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Civil servants forced to leave award-winning building after exterior feature crashes to the ground
MoJ and MoD: Departments grilled over state of heritage buildings
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MoJ and MoD: Departments grilled over state of heritage buildings
MPs question MoJ and MoD property chiefs over “managed decline” of listed structures
DWP: PCS strike ballot over 'poverty pay' delayed
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DWP: PCS strike ballot over 'poverty pay' delayed
PCS pushes back ballot start date after DWP challenges accuracy of its information on offices which could be affected
Strikes over DWP office closure extended
24 Dec 2025 Property & Estates
Strikes over DWP office closure extended
Department says it is focused on supporting staff through "this transition" and describes redeployment as its "first priority"
Construction of Darlington civil service hub set to start
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Construction of Darlington civil service hub set to start
GPA signs contract for delivery of base for more than 1,600 officials