Open consultation: Consultation on reform of the Civil Service Compensation...
The Spending Review 2015 announced the government’s intention to consult on cross-public sector action on exit payout terms. The aim is to reduce the costs of redundancy payouts and ensure greater...
View ArticleNews story: Prince’s Trust celebrates 40th anniversary
The Prince’s Trust supports young people into employment, education or training. The charity has helped more than 825,000 young people in the last 40 years and supports 100 more each day. More than 100...
View ArticleDetailed guide: Honours committees
Updated: Updates to the current membersHonours committees are made up of senior civil servants (‘official members’) and people who are independent of government (‘independent members’). All honours...
View ArticleGuidance: Guidance for directors of companies fully or partly owned by the...
This guidance is to help directors of companies owned by the public sector (e.g. joint venture companies), in full or in part, to understand their duties and responsibilities, including identifying and...
View ArticlePolicy paper: UK parliamentary boundaries: government response
This is the government’s response to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2014-15: What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?Read the...
View ArticleDetailed guide: Guidance on devolution
Updated: EDS contact details updatedHow devolution affects the way governments workDevolution has fundamentally changed the constitutional arrangements of the UK. Officials need to be aware of how...
View ArticlePress release: Digital heavyweights to advise government
Matt Hancock today announced that government has brought together some of the world’s biggest names in digital to advise on delivering world beating digital public services. The new GDS advisory board...
View ArticlePress release: PM meeting with Chancellor Merkel in Hamburg: 12 February 2016
The Prime Minister met with Chancellor Merkel this evening in the margins of the Matthiae-Mahlzeit dinner in Hamburg.They discussed the UK’s EU renegotiation, agreeing good progress had been made and...
View ArticleGuidance: Introducing GOV.UK Verify
What GOV.UK Verify is, how it works and how it allows you to access government services online.
View ArticleSpeech: Government's role in supporting the cyber security sector: Matt...
Thank you for being here today and for the warm welcome we have received.I’d like to begin by thanking Herzog, Fox and Neeman for hosting us today, and the Israeli National Cyber Bureau and UK Israel...
View ArticleCollection: Procurement policy notes
Updated: Added note on complying with international obligations.Guidance on best practice for procurement for public sector organisations, together with supporting documentation.Please note: the...
View ArticlePolicy paper: Procurement Policy Note 01/16: complying with international...
This note reminds contracting authorities of their international obligations when letting public contracts. It states that boycotts in public procurement are inappropriate, unless formal legal...
View ArticlePress release: Putting a stop to public procurement boycotts
Guidance published today makes clear that procurement boycotts by public authorities are inappropriate, outside where formal legal sanctions, embargoes and restrictions have been put in place by the...
View ArticleCase study: Employee engagement and wellbeing: Cabinet Office's Social...
Key ideas from this case study:all team members have responsibility for engagementbuild trust and innovateThe Cabinet Office’s Social Investment and Finance Team (SIFT) is responsible for helping to...
View ArticlePolicy paper: Short money allocations: request for views
Short money is taxpayer funding of opposition parties in the House of Commons to assist with parliamentary business. At the Spending Review and Autumn Statement, the government said that short money...
View ArticleCase study: Employee engagement and wellbeing: Child Maintenance Group,...
Key ideas from this case study:empower all staff to design, and own, an action planpromote up-skilling staff create a high-feedback environment and recognise good workThe Child Maintenance Group is...
View ArticleCase study: Employee engagement and wellbeing: Rail Accident Investigation...
Key ideas from this case study:the Civil Service People Survey is an important resource in helping to identify employee concernsby empowering staff and giving them a voice, substantial gains in...
View ArticleCase study: Employee engagement and wellbeing: Teacher Quality Division
Key ideas from this case study:build trust through open communication, even at times of difficult changeunderstand and act on challenging People Survey results in an inclusive wayconsider the staff...
View ArticleTransparency data: Cabinet Office spend data over £25,000
Updated: June to December 2015 data addedIn line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, we are now publishing details of spend over £25,000 since 1 April 2010 and over £500 from 1...
View ArticleTransparency data: Cabinet Office Government Procurement Card data
Updated: June to December 2015 data addedIn line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, we publish details of spend over £500 from 1 April 2011. We will continue to publish this data...
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