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19 Mar 19
Retired civil servants will have their pensions cut by up to £700 per year after mistaken payments were made over several years.
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12 Mar 19
The relationship between ministers, accounting officers and civil servants is currently not working, the outgoing auditor general of UK’s spending watchdog has said in his last speech in the role.
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16 Jan 19
Excessive staff turnover in the civil service is costing the taxpayer up to £74m a year in recruitment, training and lost productivity, according to a think-tank.
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5 Nov 18
Tributes have been paid to former Cabinet secretary and civil service head Jeremy Heywood who died yesterday at the age of 56.
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6 Sep 18
Northern Ireland Assembly members’ pay will be cut until the country’s executive is restored, the secretary of state for Northern Ireland has announced today.
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29 Jun 18
The high turnover of civil servants and their limited freedom to challenge ministers is responsible for a lot of government policy failure, the chair of the Public Accounts Committee has told...
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21 May 18
Civil servants have a strong commitment to their work but are often blamed for the government’s inadequancy and morale amongst them is low, says professor Andrew Kakabadse from Henley Business School...
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7 Sep 17
The government must accelerate its ambitious reforms to modernise the civil service and back this with increased funding, the Institute for Government has stated.
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7 Aug 17
Claims by a government minister that senior civil service pay needs to be restrained have been criticised by the FDA union.
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19 Jul 17
Rules on civil servants moving to posts in the private sector have been operating with no guidance on their use because the Cabinet Office has failed for five years to produce this, the National...
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18 Jul 17
The Senior Salaries Review Body, which advises the government on increases to top-level civil service pay, has recommended a 1% increase.
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7 Jul 17
The UK has the world’s fourth most effective civil service, an international survey has found.
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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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3 Apr 17
Download our supplement on the implications of Brexit for public finance
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3 Apr 17
A successful Brexit depends upon ministers and civil servants working effectively together, and facing up to the extraordinary challenges ahead
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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 Aug 16
Moving civil servants out of London is needed to promote greater innovation and productivity in public services, Policy Exchange has claimed today.
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27 Jul 16
The fallout from the Brexit vote illustrates how policy debates have been dumbed down in the UK. Steps must be taken to rebuild public confidence in government.
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22 Apr 16
Chief secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands has defended the government’s public sector pay policy, stating that restraint in wages is a key part of the government’s deficit reduction plan.
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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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11 Feb 16
Members of the civil service pension scheme experienced “hardship, distress and inconvenience” when administration moved to the partly mutual firm MyCSP, a National Audit Office investigation has...
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7 Jan 16
The Cabinet Office is developing plans for a separate senior payscale for commercial project managers within the civil service, which could include finance roles.
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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...
19 Mar 19Retired civil servants will have their pensions cut by up to £700 per year after mistaken payments were made over several years.
12 Mar 19The relationship between ministers, accounting officers and civil servants is currently not working, the outgoing auditor general of UK’s spending watchdog has said in his last speech in the role.
16 Jan 19Excessive staff turnover in the civil service is costing the taxpayer up to £74m a year in recruitment, training and lost productivity, according to a think-tank.
5 Nov 18Tributes have been paid to former Cabinet secretary and civil service head Jeremy Heywood who died yesterday at the age of 56.
6 Sep 18Northern Ireland Assembly members’ pay will be cut until the country’s executive is restored, the secretary of state for Northern Ireland has announced today.
29 Jun 18The high turnover of civil servants and their limited freedom to challenge ministers is responsible for a lot of government policy failure, the chair of the Public Accounts Committee has told...
7 Sep 17The government must accelerate its ambitious reforms to modernise the civil service and back this with increased funding, the Institute for Government has stated.
7 Aug 17Claims by a government minister that senior civil service pay needs to be restrained have been criticised by the FDA union.
19 Jul 17Rules on civil servants moving to posts in the private sector have been operating with no guidance on their use because the Cabinet Office has failed for five years to produce this, the National...
7 Jul 17The UK has the world’s fourth most effective civil service, an international survey has found.
3 Apr 17Download our supplement on the implications of Brexit for public finance
3 Apr 17A successful Brexit depends upon ministers and civil servants working effectively together, and facing up to the extraordinary challenges ahead
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,...
22 Apr 16Chief secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands has defended the government’s public sector pay policy, stating that restraint in wages is a key part of the government’s deficit reduction plan.
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...
11 Feb 16Members of the civil service pension scheme experienced “hardship, distress and inconvenience” when administration moved to the partly mutual firm MyCSP, a National Audit Office investigation has...
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...
