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2 Jun 17
Ethnic minorities are still underrepresented in the civil service despite some progress, analysis from the Institute for Government has revealed.
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11 May 17
Britain’s civil service needs urgent investment if it is to take on the challenge of Brexit, the union for senior civil servants has warned.
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4 Apr 17
Big data has the potential to transform public and private sector operations but it does have limitations, the Demos think-tank has said.
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31 Mar 17
Steven Whyte, head of finance at Aberdeen Council, was named Public Finance Professional of the Year in an awards ceremony at the CIPFA Scotland conference.
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26 Jan 17
The government has become ‘overloaded’ ahead of Brexit due to civil service cuts, and is falling behind on key transparency measures, according to the Institute for Government.
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7 Dec 16
Civil service reform should be a government priority in order to tackle waste and increase accountability, Dame Margaret Hodge, former chair of the Public Accounts Committee, has said.
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6 Dec 16
Three quarters of Treasury staff say they are not satisfied with their pay and benefits package and have raised concerns that the department may not be doing enough to hold on to talented employees,...
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4 Oct 16
The ministerial architect of the Government Digital Service, which was created to improve the quality of schemes to digitise public services, has warned that recent changes risk undermining the...
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22 Apr 16
Poor government planning of Whitehall staffing requirements is leading to an increase in spending on temporary staff that represents a waste of taxpayer money at a time of deficit reduction, the...
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21 Apr 16
MPs have launched a wide-ranging inquiry into the role and structure of the civil service after concluding the government’s reform plan “fell short of addressing fundamental questions” about its...
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4 Jan 16
Lin Homer, the chief executive and permanent secretary at HM Revenue & Customs, has been made a dame in the New Year honours in recognition for her service to public finance.
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25 Jun 15
The Cabinet Office is not using information it holds on staff demographics and views to hold government departments to account on civil service diversity, auditors have said.
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5 Jun 15
Whitehall departments have made nearly £2.5bn of staff savings since 2010, the National Audit Office has found, but the watchdog warned the cuts create a risk of talent and skill shortage in the...
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10 Apr 15
The Department for Communities and Local Government suffered the largest fall in staff numbers of any ministry since 2010, with over one in three posts being cut, an analysis by the Institute for...
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17 Mar 15
Costly failures such as the government’s botched award of the West Coast mainline franchise will continue unless there is an ‘honest appraisal’ of the skills gaps in the civil...
2 Jun 17Ethnic minorities are still underrepresented in the civil service despite some progress, analysis from the Institute for Government has revealed.
11 May 17Britain’s civil service needs urgent investment if it is to take on the challenge of Brexit, the union for senior civil servants has warned.
31 Mar 17Steven Whyte, head of finance at Aberdeen Council, was named Public Finance Professional of the Year in an awards ceremony at the CIPFA Scotland conference.
7 Dec 16Civil service reform should be a government priority in order to tackle waste and increase accountability, Dame Margaret Hodge, former chair of the Public Accounts Committee, has said.
6 Dec 16Three quarters of Treasury staff say they are not satisfied with their pay and benefits package and have raised concerns that the department may not be doing enough to hold on to talented employees,...
4 Oct 16The ministerial architect of the Government Digital Service, which was created to improve the quality of schemes to digitise public services, has warned that recent changes risk undermining the...
22 Apr 16Poor government planning of Whitehall staffing requirements is leading to an increase in spending on temporary staff that represents a waste of taxpayer money at a time of deficit reduction, the...
4 Jan 16Lin Homer, the chief executive and permanent secretary at HM Revenue & Customs, has been made a dame in the New Year honours in recognition for her service to public finance.
25 Jun 15The Cabinet Office is not using information it holds on staff demographics and views to hold government departments to account on civil service diversity, auditors have said.
5 Jun 15Whitehall departments have made nearly £2.5bn of staff savings since 2010, the National Audit Office has found, but the watchdog warned the cuts create a risk of talent and skill shortage in the...
10 Apr 15The Department for Communities and Local Government suffered the largest fall in staff numbers of any ministry since 2010, with over one in three posts being cut, an analysis by the Institute for...
17 Mar 15Costly failures such as the government’s botched award of the West Coast mainline franchise will continue unless there is an ‘honest appraisal’ of the skills gaps in the civil...
