Ministers must “get a grip” on the civil service by slashing the size of Whitehall and doubling the number of special advisers, a report backed by Michael Gove has said. Policy Exchange said ...

And that isn’t the only kind of reform that has failed to get purchase on Whitehall – skim through any civil service modernisation plan and you’ll see the same ideas again and again.

Getting the techies to “rewire Whitehall” sounds great ... way that hard cash is – and it’s not the fault of the civil service that there isn’t much of that around.

Worse, as the Civil Service has ballooned ... spending — must ignore the protests of their union pals, and cut Whitehall back down to size. KEIR Starmer is well within his rights to criticise ...

Exclusive: In a letter to civil service leaders, the union representing 190,000 officials demanded they heed staff calls to ...

Two Whitehall departments have pledged to revise ... The statement added: “A well-functioning civil service is one that allows its civil servants to safely hold, voice, discuss or challenge ...

Therefore the decision to shift civil service jobs out of London is to be ... A street sign giving directions to Parliament Street and Whitehall in London. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire The Government ...

Keir Starmer has promised "a renewed civil service; more agile, mission-focused and more productive". Like every government in recent history, his is pushing for improved "delivery"; for better ...