Dame Antonia Romeo was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service on 19 February 2026. In her first message to the organisation, she set out her reflections on the role and her pride in public service.
...a wide range of issues, the team showcased open policy-making by engaging with a range of key stakeholders, including people with dementia, their carers and advocates. The team used a...
The MOOC is back! After the success of Civil Service Learning's first Massive Open Online Course, on contract management, they are running it again. Dave Martin explains why it's for everyone, not just those in commercial-specific roles.
Mid-year is a good time to take stock of the progress we are making in our jobs and careers. Learning expert Dr Janet Barker has a handy four-point guide for planning your development.
Now in their 9th year, these awards demonstrate the importance of putting diversity & inclusion at the heart of the Civil Service, and act as a platform to share best...
Civil servants in Scotland can find out how joining the Reserves could benefit their day job by visiting the Reserves Experience in Edinburgh and Glasgow later this month. Read what the events have in store.
Kate Brassington of the Employee Engagement team explains why the Civil Service People Survey is really 100 surveys in one - and how this makes it even more of a mammoth task to deliver.
...international diplomacy, mostly in countries like Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. You probably don’t know that, on 28 October, I will become the Chair of the Civil Service Lifeboat Fund....
Philip Rutnam, Perm Secretary for the Department for Transport and Civil Service Disability Champion It’s been a whirlwind first six months as the new Civil Service Disability Champion. I’ve learnt...
This year's Civil Service Live series finished with 2 days at the QEII centre in London. Over 5,000 delegates took part workshops like CS Learning's hack, judging the final of the Innovation Challenge and hearing Frank Abagnale talking about identity theft. Here's 2 days worth of twitter comment...
Having experienced a peak of 2.9 million calls in the last 2 days of the tax return deadline, Ruth Owen looks at how HMRC embraced digital to make customers lives easier.
