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A loud speaker

Features

A loud speaker

Curbing the carbon

Policy Briefing

Curbing the carbon

Awkward customers

Policy Briefing

Awkward customers

On 3 June, the newspaper Whitehall & Westminster World was relaunched as Civil Service World, a title that better reflects its readers’ distribution around the country and within non-departmental public bodies and executive agencies. Speaking at the relaunch, cabinet secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell said: “If you want to say something to the civil service, this is a great vehicle for it. Please engage with this paper; it’s a great opportunity for us to get messages out”.

Latest Features

Busy year for diversity winner

Busy year for diversity winner

Friday 12th June 2009 at 11:43

Amir Waseem has had a busy, but exciting, eight months since winning two Civil Service Diversity & Equality Awards. He tells Matthew O'Toole what the award means to him.

The appliance of science

The appliance of science

Thursday 11th June 2009 at 09:55

The arrival of independent scientists in government departments, chief scientific adviser John Beddington tells Matt Ross, is key to handling today’s huge environmental challenges. Shame about scientific advice in the EU, then...

From the frontline

From the frontline

Wednesday 10th June 2009 at 15:24

Our first missive from the front line comes from a primary school assistant headteacher. It is nine years since she qualified as a teacher, and she was promoted to her current position a year ago. She has responsibility for curriculum development, healthy school status and pupil mental health, and is ‘work-life balance facilitator’ for her colleagues.

The professions: finance

The professions: finance

Wednesday 10th June 2009 at 11:34

It is crucial that finance professionals and their non-finance colleagues understand one another, says John Thompson, head of the government finance profession. He tells Ruth Keeling how he’s building a conversation across the ledger books

The party's just begun

The party's just begun

Monday 8th June 2009 at 11:00

The far right has existed at the margins of political life for decades – but now the British National Party is making new inroads, Nick Johnson warns. Slowing its growth, he says, will demand concerted public sector action

A special adviser

A special adviser

Friday 5th June 2009 at 11:46

Government departments could learn a lot from Citizens Advice – how to deliver services on a shoe string, for instance. Ruth Keeling talks to chief executive David Harker about the charity’s work and its ‘special relationship’ with government

Love thy neighbour

Love thy neighbour

Friday 5th June 2009 at 11:04

An innovative pilot scheme is encouraging civil service departments and agencies in the West Midlands to work together in a wide range of areas, from apprenticeships to vacancies. Ruth Keeling visited Birmingham to learn about a model with massive potential for improving the civil service’s operations

Moving target

Moving target

Tuesday 26th May 2009 at 00:20

Five years after Sir Michael Lyons’ landmark report on relocation, London is 20,000 civil service jobs lighter. Matthew O’Toole examines the successes, and discovers that hitting new targets may prove still tougher

Interviews

Special Reports

Out of the darkness

Policy Focus