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Think tank unpacks vision for new civil service âMid-Career Fast Streamâ
17+ hour, 58+ min ago (709+ words) Officials drafted into the civil service on a new “Mid-Life Career Fast Stream” should get a salary of £90,000 from day one and a deputy director role after two years, public sector focused think tank Re:State has said. Earlier this…...
Finally, an Office for the PM and Cabinet â but what does it need to succeed?
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1811+ words) “This is an extraordinary opportunity,” Anthony Seldon, British historian and honorary historical adviser to No.10, tells CSW. “We mustn’t blow it.” Major change is coming at the centre of government with the announcement of a new Office for the Prime…...
Key officials appointed to lead No.10 North and OneGov Delivery Agency
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (239+ words) Key civil service appointments at the centre of government have been made as further details emerge on the new administration’s machinery of government plans. On Tuesday, the government announced a series of MoG changes, including a new Office of the…...
Judicial review, not unfair dismissal: Why has Sir Olly Robbins chosen the public law route?
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (74+ words) Civil Service World Judicial review, not unfair dismissal: Why has Sir Olly Robbins chosen the public law route? By Sarah Whittle and Ben Wilson In an already busy month in Westminster, the former Foreign Office perm sec Sir Olly Robbins…...
Burnham merges DBT with DSIT and gives ‘digital’ back to DCMS
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (825+ words) The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is being merged with the Department for Business and Trade just three and a half years after both organisations were created under the Sunak administration. Full details of new prime minister Andy Burnham’s…...
Covid Inquiry: UK needs ‘pool of officials’ trained in emergency procurement
1+ week, 5+ day ago (842+ words) The Covid 19 Inquiry has produced a withering verdict on the UK’s pandemic time procurement difficulties, the “vast” amount of money wasted – and called for the creation of a dedicated “pool of officials” to deal with future emergencies. Setting up a…...
The strategic state needs a strong voluntary sector – Britain has spent a decade neglecting it
2+ week, 5+ day ago (926+ words) Civil Service World The strategic state needs a strong voluntary sector – Britain has spent a decade neglecting it By Patrick Diamond and Vijay K. Luthra There is a kind of state capacity that never appears in a spending review or…...
Nobody ever says working in tax and customs sounds exciting. Netflixâs new drama Legends could change that
2+ week, 3+ day ago (253+ words) If you tell people you’ve spent your career in tax and customs, the responses are remarkably predictable. Tradespeople assure you their books are immaculate. Anti-establishment types explain why taxation is state-sponsored theft. Almost everyone wants help with their tax code....
DWP teams take home award for work to improve poverty and incomes stats
2+ week, 3+ day ago (888+ words) Four teams from the Department for Work and Pensions have won an award recognising good practice in official statistics for their “ambitious” project to improve stats on poverty and incomes. The Family Resources Survey Team, Family Resources Survey Transformation Team,…...
Civil Service Pension Scheme ‘months’ away from recovery, MPs told
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1183+ words) Restoring the Civil Service Pension Scheme to “normal” service levels is likely to take another “few months”, MPs have been warned as further details of issues faced by administrator Capita emerge. Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds gave the recovery estimate…...