On 24 October 2018 Sir Jeremy Heywood announced in a personal statement that he was standing down as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service to concentrate on his recovery from ill health.
He was appointed Cabinet Secretary following the announcement of Sir Gus O’Donnell’s retirement in December 2011. From September 2014 Jeremy also took on the title Head of the Civil Service.
...democracy, the Prime Minister is always the person who is best able to command the confidence of the House of Commons, and Prime Ministers hold office unless and until they...
...exciting ways. Improving Decision-Making In 2013, the Government Digital Service (GDS) helped to develop an internal tool to visualise all the information collected via the QDS – the Comparative Analysis...
...Last week, on a visit to Manchester, I saw at first-hand how the Manchester and Salford Better Business Compliance Partnership and Border Force and Immigration Enforcement commands are demonstrating just...
...value in your leaders and what behaviours need to change. Now, acting on the results of this consultation, in which literally thousands of civil servants across the country took part,...
What's in the latest edition of Civil Service Quarterly? Sir Jeremy takes a look at the great work done by civil servants in issue 7.
...Plan as we know that civil servants can learn a lot from spending time in the private sector and that the Civil Service can really benefit from bringing in some...
...open to challenge and better at fostering an inclusive and empowering environment. The culture of any organisation is set from the top, which is why I am committed to improving...
...1000 diplomatic, development and military personnel in Sierra Leone, delivering our joined-up effort to contain and eradicate the outbreak. The environment in which some of our posts operate is particularly...
Sir Jeremy Heywood thanks those civil servants who will be working on Christmas Day and everyone in the Civil Service for their hard work this year.
...Measures already in place include provision of detailed guidance for civil servants about how to raise concerns and who to report them to, and stronger leadership from departments to reinforce...
