Fast Stream gets biggest ever number of applicants Exclusive
26 Sep Statistics

Fast Stream gets biggest ever number of applicants

More than 70,000 apply for 2025 Fast Stream intake, newly-published data shows
by Tevye Markson
New data shows significant disability and ethnicity pay gaps in civil service
31 Oct Statistics
New data shows significant disability and ethnicity pay gaps in civil service
Childcare champions: The Ofsted team that delivered essential insights for policymakers and public
27 Oct Statistics
Childcare champions: The Ofsted team that delivered essential insights for policymakers and public
ONS perm sec: New HR director will be 'catalyst for cultural change'
20 Oct Statistics
ONS perm sec: New HR director will be 'catalyst for cultural change'
ONS officials vote to strike over in-office rule
05 Apr 2024 Statistics
ONS officials vote to strike over in-office rule
Staff threaten walkout over being asked to spend two days a week in the office
'We need to bang the drum for sufficient investment': The 'radical and ambitious principles' behind the ONS's Data Strategy
03 Apr 2024 Statistics
'We need to bang the drum for sufficient investment': The 'radical and ambitious principles' behind the ONS's Data Strategy
Following the release of a major new data strategy, Office for National Statistics chief data officer Fiona James talks about the power of linking information, and why departments must build data into spending review plans
Perm sec apologises after MoD overstates its inventory by more than 250 million items
02 Apr 2024 Statistics
Perm sec apologises after MoD overstates its inventory by more than 250 million items
Perm sec says reporting error backs up concerns raised by PAC and NAO about the department's management of its inventory
Cabinet Office awarded £200k to evaluate Civil Service Fast Stream
26 Mar 2024 Statistics
Cabinet Office awarded £200k to evaluate Civil Service Fast Stream
Project will assess the graduate scheme's impact on recruitment
ONS officials balloted for strike action over 40% in-office mandate
15 Mar 2024 Statistics
ONS officials balloted for strike action over 40% in-office mandate
PCS says the hybrid working directive has caused anger among staff
UKSA review warns of 'systemic, often cultural barriers' to departments sharing data
14 Mar 2024 Statistics
UKSA review warns of 'systemic, often cultural barriers' to departments sharing data
Report urges Cabinet Office and Treasury to tackle the issue
Civil service headcount reaches 500,000 mark
13 Mar 2024 Statistics
Civil service headcount reaches 500,000 mark
Civil service hits highest headcount since 2007 despite Hunt's plans to introduce a cap and cut 66,000 jobs
Stats watchdog rebukes Treasury minister over ‘misleading’ tax-cut claim
20 Feb 2024 Statistics
Stats watchdog rebukes Treasury minister over ‘misleading’ tax-cut claim
UKSA chair says comments claiming taxes for average earner have fallen by £1,000 could have misled the public
Entries open for award celebrating statistical excellence in the civil service
15 Feb 2024 Statistics
Entries open for award celebrating statistical excellence in the civil service
Royal Statistical Society calls for nominations for projects that balance value for money with meeting the needs of users
Departments’ data-transparency fails to match perm secs’ pledges, watchdog says
09 Feb 2024 Statistics
Departments’ data-transparency fails to match perm secs’ pledges, watchdog says
OSR chief Ed Humpherson dubs Cabinet Office’s failure to evidence Places for Growth benefits “disappointing”
Award nominations sought for ‘robust’ stats projects that provide ‘public value’
02 Feb 2024 Statistics
Award nominations sought for ‘robust’ stats projects that provide ‘public value’
RSS prize recognises work that embodies trustworthiness, quality and value – as outlined in OSR’s code of practice
Cabinet Office rapped for 'unreasonable' delays to stats authority review
31 Jan 2024 Statistics
Cabinet Office rapped for 'unreasonable' delays to stats authority review
PACAC "deeply concerned" by slow progress on UKSA review that was due to begin in 2022
Read the winter 2024 issue of Civil Service World
22 Jan 2024 Statistics
Read the winter 2024 issue of Civil Service World
Exclusive interviews with DWP perm sec Peter Schofield and CSPL chair Lord Evans, plus how to help neurodivergent staff thrive
Ministers reject call to make Civil Service People Survey results an official statistic
18 Jan 2024 Statistics
Ministers reject call to make Civil Service People Survey results an official statistic
But Cabinet Office pledges to speed up publication of annual results and to review the “usefulness” of the benchmark Employee Engagement Index
Departments’ funding woes could hamper £229m data-sharing platform
16 Jan 2024 Statistics
Departments’ funding woes could hamper £229m data-sharing platform
National statistician Ian Diamond updates MPs as Integrated Data Service moves towards full rollout
Stats regulator investigating Sunak's asylum backlog claims
04 Jan 2024 Statistics
Stats regulator investigating Sunak's asylum backlog claims
Thousands of asylum cases remain undecided despite ministers' claims that the backlog has been cleared
Loss of government statisticians ‘is a worry’, MPs told
10 Nov 2023 Statistics
Loss of government statisticians ‘is a worry’, MPs told
Departments may struggle to retain key officials amid demand for skills, experts warn
ONS statistician honoured for lifesaving pandemic work  
25 Oct 2023 Statistics
ONS statistician honoured for lifesaving pandemic work  
Vahé Nafilyan "wasn’t afraid to put novel ideas forward" when Covid hit, national statistician says
'Am I being unreasonable?': Cummings messages throw light on No.10 Covid tensions
11 Oct 2023 Statistics
'Am I being unreasonable?': Cummings messages throw light on No.10 Covid tensions
Former political adviser described Cabinet Office as “terrifyingly shit, no plans, totally behind pace"
How the ONS is harnessing data to prepare for future pandemics
03 Oct 2023 Statistics
How the ONS is harnessing data to prepare for future pandemics
Good data played a key part in informing the UK response to the coronavirus pandemic. But what lessons can be learned and how can we best prepare not only ourselves, but the rest of the world if, and when, another pandemic hits?
Stat your service: Meet the winners of the RSS Campion Awards
27 Sep 2023 Statistics
Stat your service: Meet the winners of the RSS Campion Awards
An award-winning Department for Education team tells CSW how it transformed access to school attendance data, moving from termly to fortnightly publications in less than six months
Politicising our civil service': Pressure on Humza Yousaf grows over energy stats row
18 Sep 2023 Statistics
Politicising our civil service': Pressure on Humza Yousaf grows over energy stats row
MSPs call for probe into claims officials “reverse engineered” figures to justify inaccurate claims by Humza Yousaf
Real terms-pay drops again, with SCS pay nosediving by 26% since 2010
08 Aug 2023 Statistics
Real terms-pay drops again, with SCS pay nosediving by 26% since 2010
Civil servants’ average real-terms pay fell at each grade for a second year running
Civil service resignation rate rising as unions blame 'broken' pay system
04 Aug 2023 Statistics
Civil service resignation rate rising as unions blame 'broken' pay system
Unions blame "plummeting" pay and pay system "broken beyond repair"