Shared parental leave: more options for parents

Shared Parental Leave campaign poster At the beginning of the year I shared my views on the immediate priorities for the Civil Service. One of those was to increase opportunities...
Shared Parental Leave campaign poster At the beginning of the year I shared my views on the immediate priorities for the Civil Service. One of those was to increase opportunities...
...to the world. Our aid workers continually put their lives on the line in the service of others, from fighting disease in Sierra Leone to supporting the development of strong...
...the Fast Track programme? Don’t undersell yourself, and apply as much of your life experience to your application as you can. Find out more about the Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme...
...and challenging 360-degree feedback I read last night) the 'empowering' group is definitely in my ‘future strengths’ box. Our Australian Enforcement and Compliance Director, Jennie Granger added the phrase future...
...I’m still looking after suppliers, but it is more to do with what happens if the procurement process goes wrong – we’re the commercial troubleshooters for government. Rules that exclude...
Dr Melody Clark from the British Antarctic Survey answers your questions about her career, government science and life in the Antarctic.
...on Health and Wellbeing. The Group is chaired by Civil Service Employee Policy, who are working to produce a health and wellbeing strategy for the Civil Service, to help ensure...
Jo Fiddian (left) and Sarah Rose The experience of two senior officials is demonstrating again that part-time and shared positions are no career-limiting soft option or confined to junior roles....
Infographic showing figures of UK generosity It’s no surprise to us here in the Social Action Team in Cabinet Office that the UK is the 7th most generous country in...
...the situation, the principles and conventions about how a government is formed remain the same. The Cabinet Manual The United Kingdom famously has an uncodified constitution. But one recent development...
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