Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025And please get in touch if you would like to contribute to our coverage or have any suggestions or tips at tevye.markson@civilserviceworld.com 000
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025The first in the series is on the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales, and the Northern Ireland Civil Service. Look out for the next one which will be on a close neighbour www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...civilserviceworld.comHome/Office: Great Britain and Northern IrelandThis new series explores how civil services in other countries have approached the hybrid working conundrum. To kick things off, CSW takes a look a... 100
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025To kick things off, we've launched a new series looking at hybrid working policies in civil services around the world and how they compare to the UK civil service. 100
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025I'm delighted to announce I'm now Online Editor at Civil Service World (@civilserviceworld.bsky.social). I'm looking forward to shaping our online coverage for civil servants – from news, op-eds and long-read features, to our daily newsletter. 120
Reposted by Tevye MarksonBeckie Smith @beckiesmith.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Now we know the Committee on Standards in Public Life will become the beefed-up Ethics and Integrity Commission, here's what CSPL chair Doug Chalmers had to say to @tevyemarkson.bsky.social recently on empathy, rapport and "zigzagging between departments": www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...civilserviceworld.com'No one department owns all the bright ideas': An interview with standards watchdog Doug ChalmersCommittee on Standards in Public Life chair speaks to CSW about empathy, rapport and why 'zigzagging between departments is a really healthy thing' 001
Reposted by Tevye Marksonegg with a witch's hat @feverbitch.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I'm planning on continuing to talk about Thomas Partey, Arsenal and rape culture as long as it is a problem within football open.substack.com/pub/feverpit...open.substack.comAn Open Letter to Arsenal Football ClubToday, the news broke that Thomas Partey, an Arsenal player until the beginning of this month, is being prosecuted for five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. 1325694
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025MyCSP dispute centres on the lack of formal recognition for PCS ahead of the transfer of staff to outsourcing giant Capita www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...civilserviceworld.comPCS announces six weeks of strikes at Civil Service Pension Scheme administrator MyCSPDispute centres on the lack of formal recognition for the union ahead of the transfer of staff to outsourcing giant Capita 011
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025First-of-its-kind health partnership will employ more than 300 medical personnel from the MoD and the NHS www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...civilserviceworld.comMoD and NHS to open joint medical centre at Catterick GarrisonCatterick Integrated Care Centre will treat military personnel and their families as well as members of the public 011
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 24/06/2025In this episode CSW editor-in-chief Jess Bowie talks to Tom Brown, author of The Mind of the Minister, about the unique relationship between senior civil servants and politicians open.spotify.com/episode/3Eiw...open.spotify.comHow do we restore trust between ministers and civil servants?The Civil Service World Podcast · Episode 021
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Judges said Sheffield Campus partnership had "an incredible multi-year strategy, with societal impact beyond employability" www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...civilserviceworld.comDWP and University of Sheffield win award for campus partnershipJudges said Sheffield Campus partnership had 'an incredible multi-year strategy, with societal impact beyond employability' 001
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 24/06/2025New cross-government digital system will give the exchequer and departments a shared understanding in real time of how they are performing against their budgets and objectives www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...civilserviceworld.comTreasury working with departments to build integrated finance systemTech will give HMT and departments real-time shared understanding of their performance against budgets and objectives 001
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 24/06/2025FoI documents reveal Scottish Government's office and home-working plans www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...civilserviceworld.comHybrid working: 60% in office is Scottish Government’s ‘ultimate aim’FoI documents reveal Scottish Government's office and home-working plans 011
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Hi, it says I'm unable to DM you. My email address is Tevye.markson@civilserviceworld.com 000
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 23/06/2025This sounds like the basis of what could be a really interesting comment piece for our readers (Civil Service World). Would you be interested in writing something? 110
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 23/06/2025More seriously, I was interested by your comment: "We'll have to wait and see how transformative the interventions will be—but it's encouraging to see a genuinely whole-of-government framework, with a clear effort to align policy levers across departments". 120
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 23/06/2025www.gov.uk/government/p...gov.ukTera AllasTera Allas joined BIS as Director General for Strategy, Analysis and Better Regulation in January 2011. In addition to her departmental duties, Tera is also the Deputy Head of the Government Economic ... 100
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Tera your background in the civil service is very impressive. Must be a record! 😆 100
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Now it's giving everything was shit (first song) now everything is going be great (second song) 000
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 13/01/2025What's with the emotional guitar music on Sky News before Keir Starmer's AI speech? Sad Monday morning vibes. Ok now we have something more upbeat... 120
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Cafes, please stop putting food on top of napkins 000
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 3 weeks what a jokebbc.co.ukBaroness Meyer faces suspension over offensive racial remarkBaroness Meyer called a fellow peer of Indian origin 010
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Wrote this as an AI image prompt but too scary to share 010
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024A civil servant lying in a bath suddenly darts out and runs outside to find an apple cart and dashes it with all the apples to the ground and screams "IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!!!!!". Then sighs and walks back to their bath and continues to lay in it 110
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Having minions bring you in steak for lunch is certainly an interesting definition of being working class. And how can sandwiches not be food but be breakfast? So much to unpack... 010
Reposted by Tevye MarksonCivil Service World @civilserviceworld.bsky.social · 10/12/2024"Tepid Bathgate" needs fixing, and quickly, says the FDA's general secretary Dave Penman www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...civilserviceworld.comCivil servants are hungry for reform, but Starmer's 'tepid bath' jibe has done a lot of damageStarmer has undermined the leadership of the civil service in the very week that he appointed a new cabinet secretary 002
Reposted by Tevye MarksonCivil Service World @civilserviceworld.bsky.social · 10/12/2024NEW: Starmer writes to civil servants promising that his ministers will provide the leadership officials need to deliver and asking them to be "emboldened to upset the apple cart" www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...civilserviceworld.comStarmer asks civil service to be 'emboldened to upset the apple cart'Email to civil servants promises that ministers will provide the leadership officials need for delivery 001
Reposted by Tevye MarksonCivil Service World @civilserviceworld.bsky.social · 02/12/2024DHSC permanent secretary Sir Chris Wormald has been named as the next cabinet secretary, replacing Simon Case www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...civilserviceworld.comChris Wormald named cabinet secretaryDHSC permanent secretary will replace Simon Case as head of civil service 001
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 29/11/2024As well as criticising over-politicisation at No.10, ex cabinet secretary Lord Butler also took aim at Americanisation. He said the concept of having a “chief of staff” is “like chewing gum and Halloween: an unwelcome import from the United States”. www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...civilserviceworld.comCivil service being marginalised and over-politicised, former cab secs warnPolitical staff in No.10 'have almost completely taken over', former top civil servants say 000
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024NEW @civilserviceworld.bsky.social deep dive. I took a look at recently-released data on desk space across government and asked what DESNZ has been doing to address capacity concerns at its HQ www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...civilserviceworld.comIs DESNZ’s HQ the government’s most crowded office?CSW takes a look at recently-released data on desk space across government 001
Reposted by Tevye MarksonAlex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Faith in the civil service - @tevyemarkson.bsky.social talking to @teodorgrama.bsky.social www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...civilserviceworld.com'No religion' becomes largest faith group in the civil serviceAround 15% of civil servants now report that they have no religion, up from 10% five years ago 012
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Was just grimacing at the (counts) 51 tabs 😬 I have open on Chrome on my work laptop, when I thought of a joke: What did the neglected internet browser say to the human. Why aren’t you keeping tabs on me? 130
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 16/11/2024A trip to a French bakery can swiftly bring you back down to earth. My first Substack post open.substack.com/pub/tevye/p/... 011
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024 Just over a month after Nin Pandit was appointed as Keir Starmer's principal private secretary, the Cabinet Office has launched a recruitment campaign for a permanent PPS. Read our story 👇 www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...civilserviceworld.comCabinet Office seeks new PPS for Starmer, weeks after Pandit 'appointment'Recruitment campaign offers up to £149k a year for permanent successor to Elizabeth Perelman 001
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 14/11/2024If you've got any tips on potential stories, you can contact me here or on tevye.markson@civilserviceworld.com 000
Tevye Markson @tevyemarkson.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Hello! I'm a senior reporter at Civil Service World, the publication for civil servants in the UK. Going to start sharing civil service-related stories here plus anything else I'm working on 271