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You’re hired – a successful week for the Civil Service
Thank you for all your comments on my last blog, which has had a huge response. Directors-General and Permanent Secretaries meet at the end of the week and I’ll be sharing my reflections next week, so be sure to visit. …
Share your views – Civil Service leaders to discuss progress on reform
Next week, the leadership of the Civil Service – all Permanent Secretaries and Directors General – will meet to discuss Civil Service Reform. In particular we’ll be discussing some of the key aspects of reform, what we’ve achieved and what …
Hearing your concerns
My last blog post has attracted more views and comments than ever before – thank you to you all for engaging. The challenges of technology have, in particular, provoked a lot of feedback. I want to acknowledge here that things …
Civil Service Reform: The Year Ahead
2013 was a challenging but successful year for the Civil Service – our people survey scores show that nearly 90% of you are interested in your work, our record on learning and development is at its strongest since 2009 and …
A few thoughts before Christmas
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Winter weather has arrived, the shops are packed to the rafters and brightly-coloured knitwear is back in fashion. It can only mean one thing: Christmas is well and truly here. But before everyone heads off for a few days of …
Liaison Committee report: reform in the Civil Service
Today the House of Commons Liaison Committee published its first report of session 2013/14. The concerns raised in the report are, by and large, not new – most address historical weaknesses which have already been raised by ministers and directly …
Digital Strategy – what we have achieved and where we can improve
Inspiring progress It is hard to believe that a year has passed since we launched our Digital Strategy, setting out our ambition to redesign our digital services and make them more easily accessible than ever before. Through the Civil Service …
Mutuals – my visit to 3BM
As part of my regular visits programme I spent last Friday afternoon at the offices of 3BM, an employee-owned mutual that delivers services such as financial management, IT and building development to schools allowing them to focus on education. I …
Visiting Yemen
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit our embassy in the Yemen. The visit was at the invitation of the FCO. Having been to the embassy in Sweden, this was a chance to meet British civil …
The People Survey - where we have made progress and where we can do better
Back in October I asked every civil servant to take part in the annual Civil Service People Survey. An impressive 270,793 of you did, and I’d like to extend a big thank you to all of you who took the …