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Defra urged to clarify Office for Environmental Protection staffing restrictions

1 week ago | civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton

Members of parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee have asked the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to provide more detail on its future plans following a recent evidence session. Key concerns include the impact of expected Spending Review funding pressures on the Office for Environmental Protection, which monitors government’s progress delivering environmental improvements, and the effect on nature of regulatory reforms.
Former DfT director appointed as NISTA chief exec

1 week ago | civilserviceworld.com | Tevye Markson |Beckie Smith

The National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority has appointed a former senior civil servant at the Department for Transport as its first chief executive. Becky Wood, who is currently a partner at consultancy firm EY, will join NISTA in June. Nista was launched on 1 April as a joint unit of the Treasury and the Cabinet Office, created through the merger of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority and the National Infrastructure Commission.
Ex-soldier jailed over £900k MoD fraud

1 week ago | civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton

A former soldier has been jailed for his role in a fraud that saw more than £900,000 wrongly claimed from the Ministry of Defence’s Joint Personal Administration system. Former corporal Aaron Stelmach-Purdie, aged 34, operated the scam between November 2014 and January 2016 with the aid of five former colleagues who were working as clerks at Regent’s Park Barracks in central London.
MPs back Tom Adeyoola for Innovate UK executive chair

1 week ago | civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton |Tevye Markson

Members of parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee have given their backing to the appointment of tech entrepreneur Tom Adeyoola as the next executive chair of Innovate UK. Adeyoola founded 3D clothes-modelling business Metail and co-founded not-for-profit organisation Extend Ventures, which aims to support entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds. He is also a board member of TV company Channel 4.
Six face sentencing over £900k MoD fraud

1 week ago | civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton

Six former military clerks are due to be sentenced today for their role in defrauding the Ministry of Defence out of more than £900,000 by manipulating an online administration system used for salaries, expenses and allowances. The fraud centres around the use of the MoD’s Joint Personal Administration system and saw the six defendants – all of whom were based at Regent’s Park Barracks in central London – benefit from false expenses claims totalling £911,677.66.
'Test-and-learn' approaches among proposed new additions to evaluation handbook

1 week ago | civilserviceworld.com | Tevye Markson |Jim Dunton

The government is proposing to make four new additions to the Magenta Book, the central handbook for departments on evaluation. The Evaluation Task Force has asked stakeholders from across government and relevant external agencies to provide feedback on the potential updates to the guidance.
Departments to match-fund central voluntary redundancy pot

1 week ago | civilserviceworld.com | Tevye Markson

Departments will be required to match-fund the government’s £150m central pot for voluntary redundancy schemes, it has emerged. The chancellor announced a new £3.25bn transformation fund at the Spring Statement, making £250m available in 2025-26 and allocating £150m of it to voluntary exit schemes to reduce the size of the civil service.
Scottish first minister calls on Reeves to scrap fiscal rules

1 week ago | civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton

Scotlant's first minister, John Swinney, has called on chancellor Rachel Reeves to remove the “self-imposed economic straitjacket” of the government’s fiscal rules. Swinney, who vowed to make Scotland “as resilient as we can possibly be” said the UK government had to adapt to changing global circumstances following the introduction of tariffs by US president Donald Trump.
'Generative AI is not the solution to every problem': Survey reveals officials' 'misconceptions' about AI

1 week ago | civilserviceworld.com | Sam Trendall |Jim Dunton

An intensive programme of research conducted by the Government Digital Service has found that many civil servants continue to hold “misconceptions” about artificial intelligence. During a six-month period from late 2023 to early 2024, the digital unit ran a programme of surveys and interviews in which it engaged with 150 officials across more than 20 departments.
Union seeks clarity on cross-government quango review

1 week ago | civilserviceworld.com | Tevye Markson

On the structure of the review • Will the review be cross-government or department-by-department or organisation-by-organisation? • The government has described four principles for the continued existence of ALBs. Will the government publish detailed criteria to assess these principles against? • Will the government develop a comprehensive ‘live’ list of all ALBs?