Apprentices who remind us why we do the job
DFID Permanent Secretary Mark Lowcock reflects on what apprentices bring to the Civil Service.
Civil Service Leaders
What we've learned from Policy School
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Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on:
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Better policymaking, Civil Service Leaders
Jeremy Heywood applauds the results of the latest Cabinet Office Policy School for civil servants.
My apprenticeship route to Permanent Secretary
Jon Thompson kicks off National Apprenticeship Week by explaining what being an apprentice did for his career.
Distributed ledgers: changing the way government does business
Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Mark Walport challenges Civil Service leaders to identify the best opportunities for exploiting the transformative potential of distributed ledger technology.
Why we can’t afford to wait for gender parity
Scottish Government Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans marks International Women's Day (8 March) by looking at progress in the Civil Service on closing the gender pay gap.
Defra’s new strategy - simply better
As Defra Permanent Secretary Clare Moriarty explains, at every stage of creating the department's new strategy, the aim was to keep it simple and clear.
Helping government govern well, within the rule of law
Treasury Solicitor Jonathan Jones explains how good legal services support good government.
Three months on: How the FCO has been taking on the Spending Review challenge
...to clear the draft letter from the Foreign Secretary to the Chief Secretary modelling a 25% cut to the FCO’s budget over the next four years. The Spending Review was...
Single Departmental Plans have arrived
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John Manzoni, Chief Executive of the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office and Russell Barnes, Posted on:
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Civil Service Leaders
...we have to adapt to it. We will therefore need annually to update the SDPs. Departments will track their progress against the plan through the year for their own Executive...
DWP pilot's cutting-edge technology for deaf customers
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Robert Devereux and Russell Barnes, Posted on:
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Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion
...Service allows British Sign Language users to communicate with DWP in a way that is similar to a traditional phone call via a sign language interpreter and can be used...