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Jan 23, 2025 · On the cover of the winter 2025 issue of Civil Service World is Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government permanent secretary Sarah Healey. In her first CSW interview in the role, she shares her thoughts on changes ahead and her tips for keeping worries at bay.. Also in this issue, we give you the highlights of outgoing cabinet secretary Simon Case's last lecture in post and ...

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Jan 1, 2025 · PCS union president Fran Heathcote urges ministers to give the civil service the resources it needs and make good on their insourcing pledge to

3 days ago · The Civil Service People Survey is by no means perfect, but its results offer a fascinating annual insight into civil servants’ experiences of working in government. In recent years, we’ve seen pay satisfaction fluctuate – dipping amid a cost-of-living crisis and following years of real-terms ...

1 day ago · Ministers have unveiled a new performance management model, which they say will help to make the civil service a “world leader”. The government today published an update to the performance management framework for the senior civil service and pledged to “identify and tackle poor performance where we find it” but also “recognise the good work of senior leaders across the civil service”.

Aug 29, 2024 · Two decades is a long time in government. When we launched as Whitehall & Westminster World in 2004, Tony Blair’s New Labour drove the policy of the day. Our archives capture vignettes of the high-profile projects civil servants were working on in those early years – from ASBOs and the Euro to the long, tortuous development (and, later, scrapping) of ID cards.

Jan 31, 2025 · We all know that the civil service has a people problem . At Reform we speak to civil servants week in week out, all of whom express frustration with some part of the machine. From pay to poor performance, process to prioritisation, there’s a lot …

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