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#100mutuals: a people power revolution in public services

Posted by: Rt Hon Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office & Paymaster General, Posted on: 31 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
staff from a mutual society waving and holding a banner reading '#100 mutuals'

Last week I hosted an evening at Number 10 to mark the launch of the hundredth public service mutual. I was joined by the leaders of these pioneering businesses to celebrate their remarkable achievements in transforming public services for the …

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GOV.UK links: commemorating the centenary of World War 1

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 25 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Thiepval-Memorial

A link pack highlighting the activities various government departments are doing to commemorate the outbreak of the war and Remembrance Day.

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DWP's Pat Russell talks about connecting policy with practice

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 25 July 2014 - Categories: Better policymaking, Our Civil Service
A picture of two hands fitting cogs together

Having been interviewed by the Institute for Government in Civil Service Quarterly, DWP & Social Justice's Pat Russell answered your questions in our latest #AskCivilService Twitter Q&A. This is what happened.

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Civil Service Live: London - pictures and social round-up

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 22 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Civil Service Live handbooks

Civil Service Live 2014 finished on a high with over 6,000 civil servants taking part in the 2 day event (15 to 16 July) in London. Read the round-up of the social media reaction and take a look at the event album.

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How DFID and the Home Office helped organise Girl Summit

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 22 July 2014 - Categories: More skilled
Girl Summit 2014 poster

Liz Ditchburn, Director of Policy at the Department for International Development (DFID), and John O’Brien, Director of Safeguarding at the Home Office tell Civil Service Quarterly how their departments helped organise Girl Summit.

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Una O'Brien offers some last minute nomination advice

Posted by: Una O'Brien, Posted on: 21 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Una O'Brien delivers a speech at Civil Service Live

With less than a week to go to nominate, Una O’Brien, one of this year's judges, offers some last minute advice.

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Civil Service Awards: how I felt winning an award

Posted by: Luo Nan, Posted on: 18 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
The 2015 Environment Calculator team receive their Civil Service Award

Luo Nan from the British Embassy in Beijing talks about what it felt like to win the Analysis and Use of Evidence award at last year's ceremony.

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Civil Service Awards: Last two weeks to nominate your team

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 11 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Civil Service Awards 2014

With only two weeks to go until the awards window closes, Sir Bob takes to camera to encourage us all to nominate our teams' for this year's Civil Service Awards.

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Civil Service Live: Newcastle - pictures and social media round-up

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 7 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Rt Hon Francis Maude with CS Local volunteers

The third and biggest (so far) Civil Service Live learning event took place in Newcastle last week (3 July). Check out our Flickr album and read all the social media reaction to some tough questions in our Storify round-up.

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Civil Service Awards: does winning change you?

Posted by: Jill Walker, Posted on: 7 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
The Healthier Scotland receive their Civil Service Award

Jill Walker, whose team won the Communication Award in 2013 tells us what difference winning has made to the perception of her team.

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