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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 …

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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 …

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.

2 days ago · Few phrases strike fear into the hearts of civil servants quite as comprehensively as “machinery of government change”. Like earthquakes, departmental reorganisations vary in magnitude and disruption.

Jul 15, 2024 · As this goes out, new ministers are coming to terms with the challenges of how to get their priorities delivered. As a civil servant for over 30 years, finishing as a director in the Cabinet Office, it's been exciting to work with two former spads, Labour and Conservative, on a Policy Exchange report Getting a Grip on the System: Restoring Ministerial Authority over the …

May 22, 2024 · Members of PCS – the civil service’s biggest union – have voted for a change in direction to the union’s national strike campaign, including an added demand to boost the civil service headcount by 100,000.