The lack of political leadership in Northern Ireland risks politicising the role of civil servants, and UK ministers should intervene to oversee spending, a body representing senior officers has...
The government’s choice to sack the top civil servant in the Treasury will “taint” the successor and cause unnecessary upheaval during the cost-of-living crisis, experts have said.
Government plans to cut the civil service by 91,000 jobs in three years are more drastic than those experienced at even the harshest point of austerity in the 2010s, trade unions have said, warning...
The government aims to cut the number of civil servants and reform exit payments, as part of wider plans to deliver £5.5bn of savings, according to a senior treasury minister.
The government is set to launch a new training college for civil servants and senior council officers, to improve skills and knowledge that help with the ‘levelling up’ agenda.
Head of the Government Finance Function Mike Driver tells PF of his vision to ‘put finance at the heart of decision-making – driving the agenda, not just keeping score’.
Civil servants have been forced to take decisions in Northern Ireland for nearly 1,000 days. In the event of a no-deal Brexit Westminster would have to take direct control of the country, a situation...
Current redundancy terms for civil servants will remain in place until at least the end of this year, the government has told the Public and Commercial Services Union.
An increasing number of major government projects risk going over budget because of the government’s preoccupation with Brexit, a think-tank has warned.
Civil service unions have embarked on a legal challenge against the government over a failure to consult on their members’ annual pay rise, it has been announced.