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Civil Service chief tells officials to ‘relish opportunities’ of Starmer reforms

In an address to the civil service, new Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald said officials would have to change the way they work.

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office to cut 400 roles to create ‘smaller, more effective’ department

The voluntary job losses are intended to create a ‘clearer structure’ for the Cabinet Office, which sits at the heart of government.

The Independent UK

Spending squeeze ‘could cost more than 10,000 Civil Service jobs’

Ministers want the Civil Service to be ‘more efficient and effective’.

Evening Standard

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Starmer sends letter of praise to civil servants after ‘managed decline’ remarks

The Prime Minister said the Civil Service was ‘admired across the world’ after a backlash to his comments last week.

Evening Standard

Civil Service needs ‘innovators and disrupters’, McFadden says

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster cited Airbnb, WhatsApp and Spotify as examples of start-ups the Civil Service could emulate.

Evening Standard

Reform of the state is ‘essential’, says McFadden

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden will call for the Civil Service to adopt the ‘test and learn’ approach seen in the private sector.

Evening Standard

Covid campaigners criticise Wormald’s promotion to Civil Service top job

Sir Chris Wormald will leave his role as the senior official at the Department of Health and Social Care to become the new Cabinet Secretary.

Evening Standard

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Sir Chris Wormald confirmed as UK’s new top civil servant

The current permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care will succeed Simon Case as Cabinet Secretary

Evening Standard

Watchdog ‘largely satisfied’ with Labour Civil Service appointments after review

The Civil Service Commission began a review after several people with close links to the Labour Party were hired outside of normal processes

Evening Standard

ONS Report: UK Remote Workers Sleep 24 More Minutes And Work 10 Minutes Less Than In-Office Peers

ONS revealed remote civil servants sleep more, work less, and enjoy better work-life balance, while hybrid work reshapes productivity across the public sector.

International Business Times UK

Simon Case 'rejoins Garrick club' six months after resigning amid row over ban on women members

The head of the civil service resigned after he was named on a list of 80 senior male figures in politics, the law and arts who were members while women were excluded

Evening Standard

Tory chair mocked for publishing top UK civil servant's letter admonishing him

THE Tories have been rapped by the UK’s most senior civil servant after trying to bring the neutral civil service into the General Election…

The National (Scotland)

Sunak, Starmer and £2,000 tax 'lies' row: Party leaders at war over ‘£38bn hit for Britain’ under Labour

Tories ramp up £2,000 tax blast but Labour lashes ‘lies’

Evening Standard

Reeves accuses Sunak of lying after Treasury’s warning on ‘£2,000 tax rise’ claim

Letter from senior Treasury official says ministers were told not to present their costings as civil service figures

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Martin Lewis pushes Cabinet minister Claire Coutinho to apologise on live TV for Labour £2,000 tax hike claim

The Money Saving Expert challenged the Energy Security Secretary about the Tory tax allegation when she appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain

The National (Scotland)

'Caught red-handed': Treasury official casts doubt on Rishi Sunak's tax claim

A LETTER from a top civil servant in the Treasury has shown that claims made by Rishi Sunak in last night’s televised debate against Keir Starmer…

Evening Standard

Rainbow lanyards don't bother me, Grant Shapps says after 'common sense minister' urges crackdown

PM’s spokesman denies any rift after Esther McVey equated gay rights with political activism

Evening Standard

OPINION - 'We're not in lockdown, we should all be spending more time working together in office,' civil servants told

Cabinet Office minister John Glen writes in The Standard that civil servants should be spending less time wfh

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Garrick Club: Campaigner calls for more public figures to resign membership amid storm over men-only policy

After Civil Service and MI6 heads leave club amid fresh controversy over policy, demands grow for others to follow

Evening Standard

OPINION - Who are these snowflakes whining about the men-only Garrick? Grow up, single-sex spaces are fine

So, a coup for The Guardian. After publishing a list of the members of the male-only Garrick Club in much the same spirit as it might out members of the English Defence League, it has now got three members to resign. Simon Case, head of the Civil Service after telling…

The Independent UK

Long-term Civil Service reform would detract from PM’s priorities, says minister

Francis Maude proposed a series of changes to Whitehall’s bureaucracy but the Government has ruled out ‘long-term’ reform.

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry: Johnson’s No 10 was ‘unbelievably bullish’ UK would sail through

Former senior civil servant Helen MacNamara said there was ‘laughing at the Italians’ early in the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson’s No10 tried to 'blow up' British way of running Civil Service, ex-minister says of Covid chaos

Covid Inquiry has been hearing of the chaos in Government during the Covid pandemic

The Independent UK

PM wishes Cabinet Secretary ‘speedy recovery’ as he takes leave of absence

Civil Service chief Simon Case is expected to take some weeks off work to deal with a ‘private medical matter’.

Evening Standard

Partygate on Channel 4: what’s real and what isn’t?

Drug-fuelled benders, karaoke sets and whistleblowers: we separate fact from fiction

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