“Such generalised, unsubstantiated criticisms of civil servants are completely unfair and very damaging to morale and trust,"
@SirJJQC
says of Suella Braverman's comments
Her career as an official may have come to an end, but
@ClareMoriarty
is still driven by a desire to change things. She talks to
@jessbowie
about shutting down DExEU, the importance of emotion, and whether the civil service is as inclusive as it says it is
"I often go without a meal so my children have food."
Civil servants at DWP say they are being "let down, seriously underpaid and undervalued" as they turn to foodbanks and family to afford the basics and cut back on essentials 🧵
Former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara told the Covid Inquiry that the normal processes and divisions of responsibility across Whitehall were “bent out of shape” in the years leading up to the pandemic due to Brexit work
Sir Jeremy Heywood, former Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, has died from cancer. "We will miss him more than we can say, and will be the poorer without his advice, leadership and extraordinary insight," says Cab sec Sir Mark Sedwill:
“He dedicated his entire career to keeping our citizens safe and the country secure, and the nation owes him a huge debt" | Sedwill and May lead tributes after national security chief Charles Farr dies:
"They’re not interested in statistics or evidence on this point, they just want to blame every failure of government on lazy, "woking from home" civil servants"
Half the civil servants in the
@pcs_union
survey said they are worried about being able to pay their rent or mortgage and nearly 1 in 10 said they have signed up for Universal Credit:
“I’m also a great believer in learning from other countries – we’ve very interested in what is going on in Greater Manchester... Alaska" | Paul Gray
@PAG1962
on NHS Scotland
‘Every day you do extraordinary things’: Outgoing Cabinet Office perm sec and civil service chief executive urges colleagues to “preserve and promote what is unique” about the "incredible" civil service
"Civil servants might understandably have reservations about taking action which leads to or facilitates a breach by the UK of its international law obligations"
UK civil service tops latest
@BlavatnikSchool
and
@instituteforgov
global league table for effectiveness | “Every UK civil servant should be proud of our being ranked the overall top-performing civil service in the new
#incise
Index", says
@marksedwill
:
“Above all, I would like to thank all the hard-working civil servants across the UK who keep this country moving forward.” | Sir Jeremy Heywood retires as cabinet secretary:
Labour plans to end qualification 'snobbery' in civil service |
@AngelaRayner
says ending the requirement for degrees where they are not necessary would help boost diversity in the civil service:
The winner of the award is the Notify Team
@GDSteam
, a small diverse team of civil servants working to develop a simple, self-service platform for sending text messages, emails, and letters at a fraction of the traditional cost. Well done.
#CSAwards
Union chief Dave Penman on why the government's 60% in-office mandate isn't backed by evidence and is a pitch to a voter base that doesn't understand how modern workplaces work
Our next award is the One Civil Service Award which is presented to...
The cross government Cost of Living Payments to low income and disabled benefits claimants team
#csawards
Congratulations!
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency staff who are members of the
@pcs_union
are set to be balloted on strike action over concerns about the safety of on-site working at the organisation’s Swansea campus:
Former civil service head
@SirBobKerslake
said it was "pretty unlikely" the
@ukhomeoffice
would destroy
#Windrush
records without discussion but added “the truth is we don't know” and need to investigate further
‘We didn’t quite fit’:
@GerriClement
explains how she harnessed her own humble beginnings to push for the civil service to do more to support staff from disadvantaged backgrounds
A quiet revolution in public services has got Whitehall’s attention |
@_AdrianBrown
says the era of top-down public service delivery is giving way to a grassroots enablement mindset at a time when there is a chance to radically rethink government:
"It is no secret that name changes are little more than a distraction ploy, designed to furnish or abrade ministerial egos rather than represent actual institutional change" |
@ad_greenway
on
#reshuffle
"To see a public servant subjected to death threats for giving evidence to our committee in good faith is an affront to our democracy" -
@wesstreeting
| MPs and unions condemn death threats against HMRC chief:
“We are actually blessed with a civil service capable of continuing to maintain normality in the face of the abnormal": Oliver Letwin said civil servants shouldn't be taken for granted:
The
@DWP
permanent secretary Peter Schofield has spoken of his pride at the team spirit shared by his 84,000 staff and of his belief that everyone is a leader
After three years as
@BritishCouncil
chief executive,
@ciarandevane
talks to
@TamsinRutter
about its relationship with government, funding challenges and how Brexit has changed his priorities
We're tweeting live from the Northern Ireland Civil Service Awards in Belfast - we're here at Stormont to celebrate ingenuity and dedication among NI civil servants
#NICSAwards
2,200 civil servants have been trained as mental health first aiders, equipped with the knowledge to recognise early symptoms and provide initial help to colleagues experiencing issues, says
@CivilServiceCPO
"People work for us because they want to create a better place... but sometimes they want to buy a house or they want to put food on the table, and they’re being forced to choose to go elsewhere":
An MHCLG staff member who transformed her department’s awareness of mental health issues and a Crown Prosecution Service group that created a first-ot-its-kind LGBTI conference are among the winners of this year’s Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion Awards
Forward together: Diversity & Inclusion Awards celebrate civil service innovators | Read the full list of winners and highly commended nominees:
#ChampionDifference
@CivilServiceDI