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1 day ago | 
civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton |Susan Allott
An independent review of performance and culture at the Office for National Statistics has found “deep seated issues” that require a restructuring of the organisation’s top leadership.
The exercise, conducted by former Department for Transport and Department for Work and Pensions permanent secretary Sir Robert Devereux, has called for the separation of the role of national statistician and permanent secretary of ONS to drive change.
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2 days ago | 
civilserviceworld.com | Tevye Markson |Jim Dunton
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government officials will take “indefinite” industrial action from next week over office closures and attendance polices.
PCS has announced that its members in MHCLG will begin action short of a strike, which will see civil servants work to contract and refuse to comply with non-contractual policies and processes.
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2 days ago | 
publictechnology.net | Jim Dunton
This month’s Spending Review saw government departments committing to combined annual efficiency savings of £13.8bn by 2028-29, measured against planned revenue budgets for the current financial year. A chunk of those savings is expected to come from better utilisation of technology to drive productivity gains, as well as increased efforts to cut down the use of expensive consultants – particularly in relation to digital services.
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3 days ago | 
civilserviceworld.com | Tevye Markson |Jim Dunton
PCS members working for civil service pensions administrator MyCSP are set to take six weeks’ strike action as they seek formal recognition for the union ahead of the transfer of staff to outsourcing giant Capita.
The union has announced strikes on the following dates: 7-11 July, 14-18 July, 21-25 July, 28 July-1 August, 4-8 August, 11-15 August. The strike will affect offices in Liverpool and Cheadle Hulme.
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1 week ago | 
civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton |Tevye Markson
Research commissioned by whistleblowing charity Protect has found a generational divide in attitude towards calling out workplace wrongdoing between today’s youngest staff and their older counterparts.
The YouGov study found that staff aged 18-24 were less likely than all other colleague age groups to notify their employer of issues they witness at work.
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1 week ago | 
civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton
Civil Service Pension Scheme administrator MyCSP is facing the prospect of strike action by staff who are members of the PCS union.
Their dispute centres around formal recognition for the union – the civil-service's biggest – ahead of the transfer of staff to outsourcing giant Capita, which is due to take over the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme at the end of this year.
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1 week ago | 
publictechnology.net | Jim Dunton |Sam Trendall
The Cabinet Office has been allocated £50m to help it “increase workforce productivity” across the civil service as part of the Spending Review 2025 settlement. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a £3.25bn “Transformation Fund” at March’s Spring Statement. While selected components were flagged at the time – such as match-funding for civil-service exit payments – a full breakdown of the total only emerged at last week’s Spending Review.
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1 week ago | 
civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton |Tevye Markson
Government bodies entitled to directly charge the public for the services they provide are losing out on hundreds of millions of pounds a year because of a failure to match costs with fees, the National Audit Office has found.
The spending watchdog said it had identified £340m in under-recovered costs in 2023-24 alone in an examination of seven service areas.
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1 week ago | 
civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton |Tevye Markson
Former prime minister Sir John Major has said anti-corruption watchdog the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments should get statutory footing and the power to punish former officials and ministers for breaking its rules.
Major’s comments came at an Institute for Government event marking three decades since the Committee on Standards in Public Life’s launch of the Nolan Principles – created following a wave of sleaze in 1990s politics.
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1 week ago | 
civilserviceworld.com | Tevye Markson |Jim Dunton
The head of the National Audit Office has praised the Office for Value for Money’s approach to driving efficiencies across government, but added that the “ultimate test” would be whether departments can deliver.
NAO boss Gareth Davies has exchanged letters with OVfM chair David Goldstone on the time-limited Treasury unit’s progress since it was established last year, including its efficiency drive as part of the Spending Review 2025.
