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What can the fight against antimicrobial resistance teach us about policy innovation? Prof Dame Sally Davies shares her experience www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...
'There's no such thing as too much creativity': Ex-chief medical officer Sally Davies on the fight against antimicrobial resistance
What can the fight against antimicrobial resistance teach us about policy innovation? Prof Dame Sally Davies shares her experience
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British foreign intelligence agency ranked top in Europe in Ballon d'Or and Eurovision-inspired competition www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
MI6 ranked as Europe's best foreign intelligence service
British intelligence agency ranked top in Europe in Ballon d'Or and Eurovision-inspired competition
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IFS says proposals for regional mayors to retain a proportion of income tax revenue will require “equalisation” system to avoid making inequalities worse www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Think tank sets out challenges for Burnham’s devolved funding plans
Proposals for regional mayors to retain a proportion of income tax revenue will require “equalisation” system to avoid making inequalities worse, I...
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Suppliers will be assessed on their commitment to back British jobs, skills and opportunities, replacing the current wider focus on economic, social and environmental value www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Ministers announce changes to public procurement spending rules
Criteria for winning central government contracts to focus on job creation
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Select committee chairs tell CSW the top skills the role requires and their priorities for the year ahead www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...
Select few: Q&As with committee chairs Simon Hoare, Layla Moran and Ruth Cadbury
Select committee chairs play a critical role in holding departments to account. Chairs of the PACAC, Health and Social Care and Transport committee...
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Some 2,690 officials left the civil service through voluntary exit schemes in 2025-26 www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Civil Service Statistics: Voluntary exits quadruple as total departures fall
New figures show staff turnover has dropped to a five-year low
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Cab sec says moving power closer to communities “will create new opportunities to have a direct positive impact” across the country www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
Romeo: Moves between central government and wider public sector ‘will become the norm’
Cab sec says Burnham’s devolution agenda will “create new opportunities” for civil servants to have a direct impact
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"A new prime minister arriving with a packed agenda creates a risk that a huge, technical reform gets crowded out by projects that make better headlines" www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
Continuity at DfT is welcome – but attention is just as important
Three recommendations for Heidi Alexander to keep rail reform on track
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Chi Onwurah said splitting DSIT's functions across three departments "risks fragmenting these vital policy areas" www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Abolishing DSIT risks 'overloading' other departments, committee chair warns
Chi Onwurah says departments taking on DSIT policy areas 'may lack capacity to give them the attention they need'
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The MPs also found that the response to the breach "exposed a serious weakness in cross-government governance" www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
MoD Afghan data breach was a 'foreseeable systemic failure', MPs find
Report also finds breach became 'wider failure of governance” due to 'prolonged secrecy, weak accountability, fragmented delivery and inadequate ch...
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Healey, only confirmed in post at HM Treasury two weeks ago, has revealed that the first budget of new PM Andy Burnham’s administration will take place on 28 October civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
Healey sets October date for Budget
New chancellor goes early and pledges a fiscal event that “moves power and money out of Westminster, and into every postcode around Britain”
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"There is a risk that civil service reform comes to mean tech-first AI-driven headcount reduction in the name of efficiency and productivity" www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Digital disruption: The dangers of demolishing DSIT
From a public sector digital transformation viewpoint, the abolition of DSIT is baffling
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Annual accounts show 305 staff left the core department with an exit package in the year – up from 158 the previous year www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
DWP exit-package numbers double, while cost trebles
Annual report and accounts shows more than 300 staff left the core department and its agencies with a deal in 2025-26
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As female representation in civil service nears 50%, new figures also show gender pay gap has fallen to a new low www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Civil Service Statistics: Female representation in SCS nears 50%
New stats also show gender pay gap has fallen to a new low
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The cabinet has published a policy statement today setting out plans to "shift power, funding and accountability from Whitehall to local leaders". Read more about it here 👇 www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
Civil service ‘must become smaller and more strategic’, Burnham says
Cabinet sets out devolution shakeup in 'rewiring the state' document
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The PCS union said the plans could see more than 100 military base caretakers lose their jobs and homes www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
MoD under fire over proposal to axe caretaker roles
Union says more than 100 military base caretakers could lose their jobs and homes
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"There is a risk that the UK’s AI strategy becomes untethered from the digital and data foundations upon which it rests" www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
AI strategy is only as strong as its digital and data foundations
Separating the parts of government dealing with AI policy and digital and data policy and regulation into different departments risks making effect...
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The proportion of civil servants who have a declared disability is above the representation in the economically active working age population for the first time www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Civil Service Statistics 2026: Declared disability rate now higher than national working age average
Ethnic minority representation also hits new high but remains below national average
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The increase in the median salary in the civil service comes amid continuing grade inflation www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Civil Service Statistics: Median salary rises by 6%
The increase comes amid continuing grade inflation
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Banfield to officially become chief exec in September, having been interim boss at HMLR since Simon Hayes's exit a year ago www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
HM Land Registry names chief exec
HMLR's non-exec chair says Iain Banfield is the right person to 'modernise' the organisation
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New chief exec Pete Worster said he is aiming to help the Civil Service Sports Council "go even further in delivering outstanding member value" www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Civil Service Sports Council appoints new chief exec
Pete Worster says he is aiming to help CSSC to 'go even further in delivering outstanding member value'
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"The Rwanda deal was very controversial," says Sumption. "But I think there will be more of that kind of stuff in the future." www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...
'Immigration policies often just don’t work very well': Interview with migration expert Madeleine Sumption
Why does migration policy cause so much division? And what might help to resolve it?
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New standards put focus on senior officials demonstrating ability to anticipate, prepare for and recover from crises www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Senior officials asked to upskill on resilience competencies
New standards put onus on demonstrating ability to anticipate, prepare for and recover from crises
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Burnham said he has asked Baroness Casey to address the need for a National Care Service as part of the review www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Burnham brings forward social care review
Baroness Casey, who is conducting the review, says pandemic effort to shelter all rough sleepers showed 'we can do difficult in this country and we...
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The firm will "force day-to-day operational rectification” to help turnaround the crisis in the Civil Service Pension Scheme www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Civil service pension crisis: Grant Thornton brought in as independent remediation adviser
Professional services giant appointed as on-the-ground adviser to force day-to-day operational rectification
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What does history tell us about what is needed to embed reforms at the centre of government? www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...
What does a century of MoG changes tell us about Burnham’s approach to the centre of government?
History tells us that Andy Burnham's administration will need to embed a core purpose for the reconfigured centre of government so that the new str...
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Think tank says mid-career fast streamers should get £90k from day one and a deputy director role after two years www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Think tank sets out vision for new ‘Mid-Career Fast Stream’
Recruitment path should offer mid-career fast streamers £90k from day one and deputy director role after two years, Re:State says
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Union boss urges PM to introduce a "fully independent process for investigating and determining on the facts" of bullying complaints by departmental officials about ministers www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
Burnham urged to boost protection for civil servants with bullying complaints
Union calls for introduction of “fully independent” process to deal with concerns about ministerial behaviour
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As chair, Lord Vallance will report directly to the prime minister, Andy Burnham www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Patrick Vallance to chair AI Taskforce
Vallance says government is sending 'clear signal' on commitment to realising opportunities of AI, science and technology
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