Civil servants fear Chilcot-style inquiry into Brexit – report
Theresa May set to give speech today setting out the government’s offer in the next stage of negotiations
Capita, Interserve, Cipfa and the Open University on Crown Commercial Service’s...
Long-term mental health problems against a backdrop of staff cuts drives Northern Ireland staff...
FOI stats show surge at DWP and dip at MoJ
Quarterly snapshot indicates improved timeliness among departments
Deal signed on Birmingham civil service ‘hub’ for HMRC and DWP
City centre office block will house 3,600 civil servants
Watchdog voices ‘concern’ over ex-GCHQ chief's new job
ACOBA says cybersecurity role with US firm was announced before it had approved...
GDS preps large-scale rollout of GovWifi that will ‘change the way civil servants work’
Wireless internet service passes beta assessment and is now available in more than 100...
Government equality chief warns civil servants to be aware of gender bias in appraisals
Head of the Government Equalities Office tells Women into Leadership conference that at current...
MPs restart inquiry into civil service capability
Committee chair Bernard Jenkin says that Brexit will expose “where understandings are weak and...
Senior civil servants ‘should get more training to analyse infrastructure plans’
IfG calls for expanded role for Major Project Leadership Academy, including “regular...
IFS: Need for pay rises ‘most pressing’ for staff like senior civil servants
Report predicts continued public sector pay restraint will lead to recruitment issues for...
Barriers to civil service tech adoption refusing to budge, report finds
Study from techUK and Dods shows key obstacles becoming more – not less – entrenched
Opinion: How the ONS is improving statistics to drive better policy
A reform plan for national statistics is intended to improve the evidence available to policymakers. Iain Bell, the deputy national statistician for population and public policy statistics at the...
There's a crack in the pay cap – but no signs of looser Treasury purse-strings
Green-lighting pay rises without increasing budgets is not an end to austerity, says Civil Service World editor
Julian McCrae: How to accelerate the professionalisation of Whitehall
Moves to establish professions across government have made significant strides, but some functions are more advanced than others. Now is the time to quicken the reforms
Evolution not revolution: top tips for civil servants to prepare for GDPR
New rules mean Whitehall departments will need to think about privacy implications and data protection issues right at the start of policy developments. Here’s how to get ready for the change
Solving the Whitehall pay puzzle: let civil servants cash in some benefits
Public sector pay has been in the headlines, but there’s a lack of innovative thinking on changing the reward package across government. It’s time to try more radical solution
Opinion: Why relocating civil servants out of Whitehall doesn’t boost regional growth
If Whitehall pushes ahead with plans to move civil servants around the country, it must conduct proper impact evaluations
Antonia Romeo on running the new Department for International Trade and cross-Whitehall working on Brexit
In her first interview as permanent secretary of the Department for International Trade, Antonia...
Oliver Morley on how to unlock the car of the future and the impact of pay restraint on DVLA
The DVLA chief executive explains to Civil Service World how the agency has been transformed...
Interview: Arts and Humanities Research Council chief Andrew Thompson on the impact of Brexit and importance of history in policymaking
As an academic specialising in modern empire, Andrew Thompson knows a lot about the trials and...
From Jags to jabs: how Jeremy Marlow went from John Prescott’s speechwriter to driving NHS efficiency
After a wide-ranging career in the civil service, including a spell as John Prescott’s...
Tony Meggs interview: Infrastructure chief on improving delivery and getting project management professionals into Whitehall's most senior roles
After a career at the top of industry, Tony Meggs joined the civil service to lead Whitehall’s...
Brexit trade challenges, ministerial directions and achieving gender parity: Lunch with Sir Martin Donnelly
The outgoing permanent secretary of the Department for International Trade breaks bread with...
Top civil servants on how departments can collaborate to increase international trade
In the wake of the Brexit vote, there is a pressing need for government organisations to work together to drive international trade. Jonathan Owen reports on a round table where some of Britain’s...
India at 70: The doubt and self-loathing of government officials enforcing colonial rule
Many British civil servants who worked in India leading up to the 1947 partition 'wrestled with a sapped sense of humanity', writes Colin Alexander
Whitehall wisdom: the great and the good on the civil service (Vol. 1)
CSW's handy compendium of views expressed about the civil service through the years
‘It’s disturbing to see yourself played on stage’: Bernard Jenkin MP reviews new musical based on Kids Company hearing
The chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee finds the Donmar’s new musical Committee a fair and compelling portrayal of the hearing on the collapse of Kids...
The Mighty and the Almighty review: a new anthology on how political leaders "do God"
Geoffrey Lyons reviews Nick Spencer’s The Mighty and the Almighty: How Political Leaders do God – a collection of essays on how current and former heads of state engage with faith...
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow review: "A hefty account of the man who helped shape the future of the United States"
Geoffrey Lyons reviews Ron Chernow's biography of the enterprising statesman whose legacy endures in modern America