Recruitment follows the retirement of Nick Ephgrave in March

CSSC group tackles Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in less than 24 hours in aid of Sport Relief

At 2026 Budget there may be temptation to reach for further efficiency savings, but the first priority should be delivering on the ambitious plans ...

Comments on civil service come as PM announces £1bn funding to support regional 'innovation clusters'

PCS says protest within department's resilience and recovery directorate 'could have considerable impact' as it is 'core to shaping and handling th...

MHCLG civil servant Vicky Sterrett wins award for pilot which combined real-time AI prompts and natural language processing to transform the accura...

Public Accounts Committee chair on the pension scheme crisis, major project failures and shrinking the civil service’s London estate

Civil servants will be required to use a new self-reporting tool to record where they are working from

Every pound invested in infrastructure can do more than deliver an asset, writes the Connected Places Catapult’s Vasant Chari

Devolution will be resisted in parts of Whitehall, which is why the PM-cab sec relationship is so important to drive it through

Dominic Arthur is chief operating officer for the Synergy Programme at the Department for Work and Pensions

FDA’s Dave Penman argues adoption needs to be “bottom up” and supported by stable political leadership

Local and regional authorities don’t have the capacity or capability to take major investment decisions, University of Birmingham study finds

Former Climate Change Committee chief will leave government after two-and-a-half years in post

As the Insolvency Service launches a new strategy, Beach discusses ‘phoenixism’, growth and alignment with cabinet secretary Antonia Romeo

Gemmaine Walsh says she is 'proud to be the first woman to hold this post' and hopes to be 'the first of many'

Department says lessons from scrapped Applicant Tracking System programme will result in a future online recruitment offer that is “cost effective”

As place-based clusters grow, the dividends are jobs and growth, but also a sense of regional purpose and pride

Gail Carson will become chief medical adviser and Robin May has status as interim chief scientific officer made permanent

Digital and AI tools must become a core part of how the state operates, rather than a bolt-on

Got a workplace dilemma? Dealing with difficult colleagues or struggling to secure a promotion? Senior civil servant-turned-executive coach Claudin...

Agreement marks launch of new 'co-delivery' partnership model featuring joint units that drive housing delivery, regeneration and growth

CSFC is one of 11 clubs that established The FA in 1863 and the only to have played football continuously ever since

Research finds public sector contact centres are “clear-eyed” about challenges compared to other sectors

Think tank welcomes shift, having recommended 'smaller, more focused' scheme in 2025 report

Metropolitan Police asks Crown Prosecution to consider charges for the department related to the Health and Safety at Work Act

Department says decision to exit contract is not because of service problems or contractual issues

Burnham needed to embed a core purpose for his reconfigured centre. The party conference has made that purpose much clearer

Whitehall's default posture of mandating, monitoring and correcting cannot survive devolution

A major milestone should come soon with the announcement of GBR’s chair. These are the priorities we at the Future Governance Forum think they shou...

Government chief scientific adviser Angela McLean says toolkit will help officials make connections 'with greater confidence'

The research centre will report jointly to the Treasury and the PM’s AI Taskforce

PM makes major announcements on public ownership, electoral reform and social care

There are hundreds of contracts where outsourced workers are getting a raw deal. Insourcing is the way forward

Re:State says social value rules 'distract' companies from delivering best value

Why this year’s festival promises to be the biggest and most inspiring yet

Energy department says recruitment drive is part of restructuring that will deliver clearer leadership and strengthen alignment between policy and ...

Programme funds public and civil servants to spend time in universities discussing their policy challenges with relevant academics

The Association of Taxation Technicians' director of public policy responds to the government's plans to take on 'consultation culture'

Minister says unit will coordinate departmental insourcing activity and support plans to reduce use of consultants

Last year's list included departmental permanent secretaries Cat Little, Jo Farrar, Susan Acland-Hood and Jo Shanmugalingam

Without a sharper line of sight between accountability, responsibility and delivery, reform efforts will continue to falter

John Kingman also acknowledges his ex-department may have ‘lost its mojo’ on growth

Ministers also reveal how Government People Group will be split up

Reform calls are “a poor substitute” for developing coherent economic policies and taking tough decisions, the Treasury Committee warns

HM Courts and Tribunals Service employee says becoming a magistrate helped him become more confident

After hearing the sounds of war, Kyiv’s CIO Victoria Itskovych headed straight to the city’s datacentre. Derek Alton shares her story and what it t...

Civil servants and ministers already have useful levers at their disposal to make sure AI creates public value and improves lives

Danny Kruger prompts derision by suggesting departmental and agency headcount could be shrunk to around 300,000