The FCO – "less Ferrero Rocher, more Jack Bauer"?
FCO Permanent Secretary Simon McDonald looks at the findings of the Fletcher Report on the future of the FCO.
The Budget and the Civil Service
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Jeremy Heywood looks at the Budget and how it underlines the Civil Service's existing priorities.
Three months on: How the FCO has been taking on the Spending Review challenge
...Commonwealth Office in 1968), but many ideas recommended by multiple reviews have not been implemented. Every review has recommended more foreign, less office (yet only a third of our UK-based...
Responding to your comments on the Spending Review
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The leaders blog post on the Spending Review drew a big response from civil servants. Here, Jeremy Heywood and John Manzoni reply to some of your comments.
Digital in the Spending Review
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Jeremy Heywood explains what the Spending Review's £1.8 billion "vote of confidence" in the continuing digital transformation of government means in practice.
The Spending Review and what it means for the Civil Service
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Jeremy Heywood, John Manzoni and Nicholas Macpherson explain how the Spending Review will affect civil servants.
Empathy, curiosity and openness
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Minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock sets out how we can approach public service reform in the 21st Century.
Clarifying our priorities - Single Departmental Plans
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Many of you have heard me say that I believe we’re doing too much for the resources we have. To some extent, this may be inevitable - as a Civil Service, we have to deliver manifesto commitments, service the new …