03/06/2026
"This pay remit guidance is in no way perfect, but it does provide a framework where we can make a difference to civil servants", says Prospect's Steve Thomas
The pay remit isn’t perfect – but within the framework we can still put money in officials’ pockets
Prospect deputy general secretary's takeaways from this year's pay remit guidance
03/06/2026
Starmer says the manual has “become significantly out of date"
Keir Starmer: Outdated Cabinet Manual to be refreshed
Prime minister says an update is 'long overdue'
03/06/2026
MoD say concerns raised in PAC report “primarily relate" to figures under previous government which are being improved
MPs call for 'stronger, more visible' counter-fraud leadership at MoD
Ministry of Defence say concerns raised in PAC report “primarily relate' to situation under previous government which is being 'turned around'
02/06/2026
McFadden says the appointment "sends a clear signal" that the government is serious about tackling the NEETs crisis
Ex-M&S chief exec joins DWP as lead NED
Pat McFadden says the appointment of Marc Bolland, who founded the charity Movement to Work, 'sends a clear signal' that the government is serious ...
02/06/2026
NS&I is seeking a successor to recently appointed interim boss Jim Harra
NS&I offers up to £220k for next chief executive
Under-fire state-owned bank seeks successor to recently appointed interim boss Jim Harra
02/06/2026
"Who, within the machinery of the British state, is actually capable of acting on a policy problem that crosses almost every departmental boundary"
Milburn has diagnosed the NEET crisis – but can the state provide the cure?
Milburn's recommendations in the autumn will have little impact unless machinery is built to own the whole problem, sustaining action across depart...
02/06/2026
Littler, who was an executive officer in HM Customs and Excise, was attacked in an alleyway on his way home on 1 May 1984
Brothers found guilty of murdering civil servant after ‘cold case’ trial
Anthony Littler, an executive officer at HM Customs and Excise, was murdered in an alleyway on his way home from East Finchley Tube Station in 1984
01/06/2026
Ministers pick accountant and security expert Bill Butler as preferred candidate to serve as chair of the new Local Audit Office
https://www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article/mhclg-reveals-preferred-candidate-to-chair-local-audit-office
01/06/2026
Alex Case draws on his own experience as an ex-senior civil servant to argue that while AI could transform public services, meaningful reform still faces deep-seated barriers
Believe me, modernising the civil service is easier said than done
Alex Case draws on his own experience as an ex-senior civil servant to argue that while AI could transform public services, meaningful reform still...
01/06/2026
Union general secretary Mike Clancy said the plans “would take a wrecking ball to the principles of an institution which serves the interests of the British people well”
'Wrecking ball': Union decries Reform UK plans to scrap the civil service code
Think take says Danny Kruger has “misdiagnosed” the reasons why the centre of government is failing to deliver for ministers