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Two Photos, Seven Decades of Progress

2017 Female Permanent Secretaries pose for a portrait in front of a grey wall

Two Photos, Seven Decades of Progress

Last month, Dame Antonia Romeo was appointed as the first female Cabinet Secretary. To mark International Women’s Day, she has written about the first photographs that she put up in her office after being appointed. Almost nine years ago, I …

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I'm a civil servant and I... investigate fraud

Posted by: Brian Solomans and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 24 November 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Brian Solomans, DWP

Working with the courts and running surveillance operations to catch benefit fraudsters, DWP's Brian Solomans talks about his unusual Civil Service career.

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Growing Gender Diversity : Our journey in BIS - guest blog from Martin Donnelly

Posted by: Martin Donnelly, Posted on: 21 November 2014 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion
Martin Donnelly with the Senior Women in BIS

Guest blog from Martin Donnelly, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, who discusses the progress his department are making in gender diversity.

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The Civil Service Awards

Posted by: Una O'Brien, Posted on: 20 November 2014 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Una O'Brien with Bernie Rooney, Director of the Child Maintenance Service and the winner of the Leadership Award

Una O'Brien discusses the highlights from this year's Civil Service Awards and thanks those who helped make the Awards a success.

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The People Survey – your views and the results that count

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 20 November 2014 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
People Survey 2014 poster

Sir Jeremy Heywood thanks civil servants for taking part in the People Survey and discusses the results.

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Who won what at this year's Civil Service Awards

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 20 November 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Civil Service Awards 2014 poster

...But who won? Find out below, along with all the social media reaction from the night . See the complete list of winners here or catch up with the social...

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Civil Service Awards 2014: 3 days to go

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 17 November 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Civil Service Awards 2014

...awards ceremony, taking place at the Foreign Office’s Lancaster House in London on 19 November. We spoke to a few of them about how it felt to make it this...

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BME, disabled or LGB&T? Help shape the policies that will affect you

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 13 November 2014 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion

Talent Action Plan is only the first piece in the jigsaw, now it's your chance to influence the next steps of the policy. Sir Jeremy encourages us all to get involved.

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7 social media myths

Posted by: Anthony Simon, Posted on: 12 November 2014 - Categories: More digital
screenshot of a twitter window with the words #Confused...

Think you know the social media pitfalls facing civil servants online? Anthony Simon Head of Digital Communications for the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office highlights 7 things to avoid.

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To post or scan: How small decisions have commercial impacts

Posted by: Belinda Crompton, Posted on: 12 November 2014 - Categories: Commercial skills
government post tray

Belinda Crompton from DWP explains how even the smallest work task can have large commercial costs, and how switching from post to scanning is saving money.

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We shall remember them

Posted by: Sir Nicholas Macpherson, Posted on: 10 November 2014 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders

Sir Nicholas Macpherson, Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury talks about the important role the Civil Service played in the First World War.

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