‘We’ve got a long way to go but the recovery is under way’: Interview with new ONS perm sec Darren Tierney
25 Nov Civil Service Reform

‘We’ve got a long way to go but the recovery is under way’: Interview with new ONS perm sec Darren Tierney

New boss of Office for National Statistics talks to CSW about his first impressions of the stats body, prioritisation and addressing cultural issues at the department
by Tevye Markson
‘No two days are the same’ – why civil servants should volunteer as magistrates
05 Dec HR
‘No two days are the same’ – why civil servants should volunteer as magistrates
Trailblazing Women: Celebrating a century of progress in the civil service
04 Dec Civil Service Reform
Trailblazing Women: Celebrating a century of progress in the civil service
High tax, low strategy: What the 2025 Budget tells us about the British state
02 Dec Economics
High tax, low strategy: What the 2025 Budget tells us about the British state
Building diversity into technology Sponsored
14 Jan 2019 HR
Building diversity into technology

Rubi Kaur, a Senior Technical Architect at Vodafone Group, shares what she's learned from working with Barry Ginley and his guide dog Skye
API days: how APIs can help public sector digital services transform and evolve
11 Jan 2019
API days: how APIs can help public sector digital services transform and evolve

 A recent CSW roundtable explored the importance of application programming interfaces in achieving end-to-end services.
Hampshire County Council: The Argenti care technology partnership delivers exceptional results in Adult Social Care Sponsored
10 Jan 2019 Operational Delivery
Hampshire County Council: The Argenti care technology partnership delivers exceptional results in Adult Social Care

PA Consulting shows how care technology, or 'telecare,' is radically transforming social care provision
Implementing an SD-WAN which delivers on its promise Sponsored
07 Jan 2019 Civil Service Reform
Implementing an SD-WAN which delivers on its promise

BT's Keith Langridge leads a debate on implementing an SD-WAN which delivers on its promise, now and into the future
Charity Commission chief Helen Stephenson: “Leading the commission through the safeguarding concerns in the sector that surfaced in February was challenging.”
02 Jan 2019 Government Tax Profession
Charity Commission chief Helen Stephenson: “Leading the commission through the safeguarding concerns in the sector that surfaced in February was challenging.”

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who they’d choose to turn on their town’s Christmas lights. The links on this list will go live as the articles are published in the run up to 2019.
Sir Philip Rutnam: Windrush exposed a number of significant issues and rightly brought the Home Office under intense scrutiny
02 Jan 2019 Government Tax Profession
Sir Philip Rutnam: Windrush exposed a number of significant issues and rightly brought the Home Office under intense scrutiny

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who they’d choose to turn on their town’s Christmas lights. The links on this list will go live as the articles are published in the run up to 2019.
Perm secs round-up 2018: Britain's top civil servants review the year and look ahead to 2019
01 Jan 2019 Government Tax Profession
Perm secs round-up 2018: Britain's top civil servants review the year and look ahead to 2019

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who they’d choose to turn on their town’s Christmas lights. The links on this list will go live as the articles are published in the run up to 2019.
Government Equalities Office Hilary Spencer reflects on the introduction of gender pay gap reporting and other milestones in 2018
01 Jan 2019
Government Equalities Office Hilary Spencer reflects on the introduction of gender pay gap reporting and other milestones in 2018

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who they’d choose to turn on their town’s Christmas lights. The links on this list will go live as the articles are published in the run up to 2019.
Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman looks ahead to implementing a new education inspection framework in 2019
01 Jan 2019 Government Tax Profession
Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman looks ahead to implementing a new education inspection framework in 2019

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who they’d choose to turn on their town’s Christmas lights. The links on this list will go live as the articles are published in the run up to 2019.
Treasury chief Charles Roxburgh: “Brunel illustrates how great engineering, and infrastructure can deliver prosperity to all regions of the UK.”
01 Jan 2019 Government Tax Profession
Treasury chief Charles Roxburgh: “Brunel illustrates how great engineering, and infrastructure can deliver prosperity to all regions of the UK.”

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who they’d choose to turn on their town’s Christmas lights. The links on this list will go live as the articles are published in the run up to 2019.
ACAS chief Anne Sharp reflects on the increase in the number of disputes in 2018
31 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
ACAS chief Anne Sharp reflects on the increase in the number of disputes in 2018

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Companies House chief Louise Smyth reflects on her first year with the weighty title of The Registrar and asking Tom Jones to lead a Christmas singalong
31 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Companies House chief Louise Smyth reflects on her first year with the weighty title of The Registrar and asking Tom Jones to lead a Christmas singalong

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who they’d choose to turn on their town’s Christmas lights. The links on this list will go live as the articles are published in the run up to 2019.
Jonathan Jones: “2018 has been a challenging year for all of us, not least in GLD”
31 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Jonathan Jones: “2018 has been a challenging year for all of us, not least in GLD”

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who they’d choose to turn on their town’s Christmas lights. 
FCO perm sec Sir Simon McDonald: “Speed is the hardest part of being a leader today: everything moves so fast that there’s too little time for reflection”
30 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
FCO perm sec Sir Simon McDonald: “Speed is the hardest part of being a leader today: everything moves so fast that there’s too little time for reflection”

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Intellectual Property Office chief exec Tim Moss reflects on the inspiration of the heroes of World War 1
30 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Intellectual Property Office chief exec Tim Moss reflects on the inspiration of the heroes of World War 1

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Duncan Selbie on how Public Health England responded to incidents in 2018 – from the Novichok poisonings to the Grenfell Tower fire.
30 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Duncan Selbie on how Public Health England responded to incidents in 2018 – from the Novichok poisonings to the Grenfell Tower fire.

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
DWP perm sec Peter Schofield reflects on his first year in the top job – from visiting HMP Norwich to implementing Universal Credit
29 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
DWP perm sec Peter Schofield reflects on his first year in the top job – from visiting HMP Norwich to implementing Universal Credit

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency chief executive Julie Lennard reaching a one billion transactions milestone in 2018
29 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency chief executive Julie Lennard reaching a one billion transactions milestone in 2018

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Auditor general Sir Amyas Morse on a year of landmark reports, from the BBC to Brexit
29 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Auditor general Sir Amyas Morse on a year of landmark reports, from the BBC to Brexit

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
DIT perm sec Antonia Romeo on getting the department ready to deliver under all Brexit scenarios in 2019
28 Dec 2018 Leadership
DIT perm sec Antonia Romeo on getting the department ready to deliver under all Brexit scenarios in 2019

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
HM Land Registry chief Graham Farrant on the challenge of being a leader in 2018: “I fear that we are entering uncharted territory”
28 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
HM Land Registry chief Graham Farrant on the challenge of being a leader in 2018: “I fear that we are entering uncharted territory”

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Environment Agency chair Emma Howard Boyd on helping keep communities safe from floods and working to adapt to climate change
28 Dec 2018 Energy & Environment
Environment Agency chair Emma Howard Boyd on helping keep communities safe from floods and working to adapt to climate change

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Ofqual chief Sally Collier on preparing to introduce T-Levels and asking a dancing double act to turn on the Christmas lights
27 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Ofqual chief Sally Collier on preparing to introduce T-Levels and asking a dancing double act to turn on the Christmas lights

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.
Department for Transport perm sec Bernadette Kelly on the landmark airport vote in 2018
27 Dec 2018
Department for Transport perm sec Bernadette Kelly on the landmark airport vote in 2018

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.