Minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock introduces the Talent Action Plan 2016, including a Social Mobility Plan with an opportunity for civil servants to 'inspire the future'.
As the Talent Action Plan 2016 is published, Jeremy Heywood looks at progress on removing the barriers to success for under-represented groups and where we go from here.
DFID Permanent Secretary Mark Lowcock reflects on what apprentices bring to the Civil Service.
Geraldine Clement welcomes two new staff networks to support social mobility - support that, coming from a lower socio-economic background, she would have welcomed in her early Civil Service career.
Jon Thompson kicks off National Apprenticeship Week by explaining what being an apprentice did for his career.
Charlotte Dring, Private Secretary to DCLG Perm Sec Melanie Dawes, looks at her career in the Civil Service in the light of the recent Bridge Group report.
Jeremy Heywood and Civil Service Social Mobility Champion Jon Thompson look at how the service is responding to the Bridge Group report on socio-economic diversity in the Fast Stream, and more widely to the need to make the organisation truly representative of society.
Responding to the Bridge report on socio-economic diversity in the Fast Stream, Minister for the Cabinet Office Matthew Hancock sets out his plan for equal access to and progression within the Civil Service.
Jon Thompson, Permanent Secretary to the MOD and social mobility champion, explains how the Civil Service is changing to allow everybody to achieve their career aspirations, regardless of background.
Jeremy Heywood announces the appointment of Sue Owen as the new Civil Service Diversity Champion, and of Jon Thompson, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, as the first holder of the new position of Civil Service Social Mobility Champion.
