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COP26: Time for talks at green summit... then action

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Clare Nasir looks at why the evolving landscape of climate science fuels a note of optimism for Glasgow  When I first heard the announcement that the Nobel Prize in Physics winners were climate scientists, Fatboy Slim’s epic album You’ve Come …

Baby Loss Awareness Week - Our stories so far 

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This year’s theme for Baby Loss Awareness Week - from 9 to 15 October - is wellbeing.  Katie James-Manning and Helen Mallison, who were impacted by their experience in different ways, reflect on what personally helped them. KATIE’S STORY I’m …

The power of workplace adjustments - Ruth's story

Ruth Wylde, Senior HR Policy, Services Consultant, CSHR,

Chris Wilson discusses the launch of the Civil Service campaign Workplace Adjustments Change Working Lives and explains how making changes helped one civil servant to continue her career. Even making small adjustments can dramatically improve our lives in the workplace.  …

5 Lessons from the Forces about getting things done

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When Rupert Cryer joined the Cabinet Office COVID-19 Task Force, his new colleagues - from the Armed Forces - couldn’t have had more different day jobs. Yet the stark contrast was the very thing that made it work. I’ve often …

Don’t Stagnate - Evaluate to Innovate!

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Evaluation is a powerful tool to help you investigate the merit and value of Civil Service policy, flag up any flaws, improve its quality and deliver better impact for citizens. Creating an ambitious, innovative and skilled Civil Service that can …

Putting disability at the heart of everything we do

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The National Disability Strategy aims to improve disabled people’s everyday lives. Learn more about the Civil Service’s commitment to support disabled civil servants to thrive at work. Today the Government has published the National Disability Strategy, which aims to tackle …

From Fossil Fuels to Clean and Green

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The story so far! How £1bn government funding is transforming public buildings on the way to the UK’s goal of net zero ready.  Across the UK work is underway to improve hundreds of buildings at the heart of our communities, …