Beckie Smith

2 days ago | civilserviceworld.com | Beckie Smith |Tevye Markson

Munira Mirza, a former director of the No.10 Policy Unit, will chair the advisory board of a new think tank that says it will “build a detailed blueprint for government”. Fix Britain – which describes itself as “a group of senior people with experience in the civil service, business, politics, media, law, the military and the NHS” – says it wants to tackle problems caused by poorly trained ministers and policies that are “thinly sketched out and readily discarded”.

3 days ago | civilserviceworld.com | Beckie Smith

The Ministry of Defence and the NHS will open a joint healthcare facility that will treat military personnel and the public in North Yorkshire. Catterick Integrated Care Centre is being built within Catterick Garrison – the largest British Army garrison in the world, covering 2,400 acres and home to more than 14,000 military personnel – and will open next year.

4 days ago | civilserviceworld.com | Tevye Markson |Beckie Smith

The Treasury has unveiled plans for a "digital solution" that will enable live sharing of financial, outcome and performance data at both a departmental and programme level. Chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said this will modernise the way that the government undertakes spending control – giving the exchequer and departments a shared understanding in real time of how they are performing against their budgets and objectives.

4 days ago | civilserviceworld.com | Beckie Smith |Tevye Markson

A partnership between the civil service and the University of Sheffield has scooped an award celebrating success and innovation in higher education. The University of Sheffield and Department for Work and Pensions took home the industry partnerships award at the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services Awards for Excellence 2025 last week, recognising a programme of summer internships and 12-month placements offered through the Sheffield Policy Campus.

5 days ago | civilserviceworld.com | Beckie Smith |Tevye Markson

It is “absolutely right to start reducing the size of the civil service”, former cabinet secretary Simon Case has said. Speaking to the BBC’s The Week in Westminster following his nomination as a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, Case said: “The civil service grew in response to Brexit and Covid and a little bit more in relation to Ukraine.