Civil Service Reform

Amyas Morse tells MPs that ministerial directions are too rare and departments must re-prioritise ahead of Brexit

Cabinet Office failed to respond to raft of measures to address the ‘alien culture’ that puts off new starters, HR advisor tells MPs

DWP, HMRC, DCMS and Cabinet Office staff win 2017 Reimagine Challenge for joined-up approach to aiding poor people in financial crisis

Public Accounts Committee to question tax officials today while union calls for halt of office closures plan 

The way harassment is dealt with in Whitehall has changed significantly in the last 30 years – particularly the culture that said you just had to put up with it

Union warns of strike potential over Courts and Tribunal Service’s hubs proposals

UK’s chief negotiator tells MPs department is in ‘good homework mode’ as Liam Fox confirms 734 new hires since February

Bernadette Kelly asked by MPs to look into “possibility of fraud” over £1.7m made in unauthorised redundancy payments

Baroness Stowell, Lord Heseltine, Baroness Warsi and Harriet Harman are the latest former minsters to look back on their time in Whitehall as part of the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect series. They reveal the good and the bad of the civil service

Appointments watchdog calls on departments to better coordinate their public appointments teams

HMRC chief says the organisation will present a ‘reprioritisation’ plan to ministers next year, and plans to hire more staff as Brexit workload increases

International development secretary and top officials insist department is pioneering transparency standards in government

Welsh Government “innovation directory” will pull together more timely big data and analysis for economists and policy makers

Ministry of Justice perm sec and other top officials from justice and health admit staff cuts have contributed to record high suicide rate in prisons

Mark Bryson-Richardson, director of the Stabilisation Unit, tells Suzannah Brecknell how his team helps government respond to international emergencies

Civil service race champion said it could take 10 years for progress on racial diversity to match that made on gender

Transition chief tells MPs the department’s “pioneering” work in digital will help boost the low number of British exporters

Home secretary Amber Rudd said department is ‘tooling up’ with extra staff but real capacity will be created by new online system

A government-commissioned study makes 18 recommendations, including asking GDS to help create a scheme to boost public sector use of artificial intelligence

It is time for government to acknowledge why the desired outcomes for public services are not being delivered. But this will require challenging Whitehall’s survivors

David Williams tells MPs that Department of Health cannot calculate impact of delays to repairs and maintenance spending

Civil service diversity strategy sets out plans to develop framework for measuring inclusion across government

Cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood announces individuals and teams winning 2017 awards