ONS office attendance rules to be relaxed
08 Apr Property & Estates

ONS office attendance rules to be relaxed

Staff back new hybrid working agreement, which will see individual targets scrapped and bring an end to a two-year dispute
by Tevye Markson
Cabinet Office reports £450m savings from greener public buildings
28 Apr Property & Estates
Cabinet Office reports £450m savings from greener public buildings
Scrap 60% office mandate, union demands amid rising living costs
27 Mar Property & Estates
Scrap 60% office mandate, union demands amid rising living costs
Manchester Digital Campus gets Treasury approval
19 Mar Property & Estates
Manchester Digital Campus gets Treasury approval
Plans progress for redevelopment of crumbling Belfast departmental HQ
17 Oct 2023 Property & Estates
Plans progress for redevelopment of crumbling Belfast departmental HQ
£25m Stormont scheme would create new facilities for Northern Ireland Civil Service Sports Association
Plans for Birmingham hub ‘alive and well’
16 Oct 2023 Property & Estates
Plans for Birmingham hub ‘alive and well’
Oliver Dowden confirms commitment to fund third Birmingham hub after “terminating” original plans
Auditor KPMG hit with ‘record’ £21m fine for Carillion failings
13 Oct 2023 Property & Estates
Auditor KPMG hit with ‘record’ £21m fine for Carillion failings
Scrutiny of collapsed outsourcer’s finances was “very bad, over an extended period”, boss admits
MoJ agrees sentencing delays as prisons near capacity limits
12 Oct 2023 Property & Estates
MoJ agrees sentencing delays as prisons near capacity limits
Judges urged to postpone jailing some categories of criminal to ease pressure on places
DWP plans new base for Universal Credit fraud taskforce
09 Oct 2023 Property & Estates
DWP plans new base for Universal Credit fraud taskforce
Department recruits for 600 fraud-and-error officers who will work at Swindon complex
GPA secures permanent site for Darlington Economic Campus
26 Sep 2023 Property & Estates
GPA secures permanent site for Darlington Economic Campus
Work to build Treasury’s second HQ will start next year and complete in 2026, Cabinet Office says
Ofwat COO moves to Government Property Agency
19 Sep 2023 Property & Estates
Ofwat COO moves to Government Property Agency
Lisa Commane appointed to oversee delivery and operations at the GPA
Concrete crisis: DWP confirms status of its RAAC-affected buildings
14 Sep 2023 Property & Estates
Concrete crisis: DWP confirms status of its RAAC-affected buildings
Departments are surveying their sites to check if they have ageing RAAC after schools were closed over collapse risk
Former MoJ perm sec takes up Government Art Collection role
05 Sep 2023 Property & Estates
Former MoJ perm sec takes up Government Art Collection role
Richard Heaton will chair advisory committee responsible for more than 14,700 works
Making civil servants' jobs easier with 'nerdy tech' - Mark Thompson interview
13 Jul 2023 Property & Estates
Making civil servants' jobs easier with 'nerdy tech' - Mark Thompson interview
The next phases of government’s data revolution have the potential to truly transform the way the civil service operates, but business cases are not enough to deliver results. Suzannah Brecknell talks to Mark Thompson, director of data, platforms and interoperability in the Cabinet Office’s Government People Group
Energy department office closed to battle ‘unspecified insects’
10 Jul 2023 Property & Estates
Energy department office closed to battle ‘unspecified insects’
DESNZ pledges “pest free environment” as it undertakes “through cleaning”
Darlington hub has boosted diversity of thought but had 'limited' impact on levelling up – IfG
13 Jun 2023 Property & Estates
Darlington hub has boosted diversity of thought but had 'limited' impact on levelling up – IfG
Campus has shown that, if done well, relocation can improve civil service effectiveness, Institute for Government says