#civil-service

#civil-service

The recent guidance issued by No 10 restricting civil servants from speaking at media-present events is seen as detrimental to public engagement and discourse.

The union is pushing for two significant pay claims aimed at addressing responsibilities and retention challenges for assistant principal and principal officer grades.

"People are worried about losing the office community and having to either move, face a long commute or be isolated at home."

"And I want to see civil servants back behind desks... to make sure that we can actually drive that efficiency," said Evans, who is the party's spokesman for health and social care.

...high levels of scrutiny or challenge. Only officials for whom it is absolutely essential should have a card.

Sir Keir Starmer faces unions as he promises to reduce bureaucracy and refocus the Civil Service, which has grown without improving services.

The Civil Service must once again become the engine room of delivery for every person in every part of the UK.

Successive governments see technology as a silver bullet. They assume that implementing technology... will be enough to overcome deeply embedded inefficiencies. It won't.