Since his latest inauguration and the subsequent installation of Elon Musk as efficiency tsar, the world has been looking on with fascination as Donald Trump systematically dismantles public services ...

When you’re routinely being trashed in the press and constitutionally unable to defend yourself, the temptation has been for some to brief the press or, in the case of The Civil Savant, write their ...

The prime minister has tasked his cabinet secretary with a “complete rewiring of the British state”. Yet often, these exercises overlook the role of public bodies – which now constitute around 60% of ...

The deputy chief executive of a major London NHS trust and a former civil servant has been named as the next chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Lawrence Tallon ...

For Gareth Davies, permanent secretary at the Department for Business and Trade, this is personal. Speaking at a lecture given to mark the start of a partnership between his department and the Policy ...

Scottish Law Commission – Prof Gillian Black re-appointed as commissioner for three years from 22 April until 21 April 2028. Scottish Police Authority – Paul Edie, Alasdair Hay, Katharina Kasper and ...

PCS has suspended strike action across all of its facilities management disputes with contractors to hold intensive talks. The civil service union has paused planned strike action by outsourced staff ...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government needs to spearhead a “whole-system, cross government approach” to get English councils on a secure financial footing, the National Audit ...

Jonathan Freeman was a senior civil servant when he was offered a secondment into the voluntary sector which would change his life. In a civil service career that lasted 16 formative years, he went ...

Think tank identifies 100 organisations that could be brought back in house, including DVLA and the Government Property Agency ...

This spring marks two decades since the regime governing public inquiries was last reformed and there’s already a mounting queue of issues for policymakers in parliament, the Cabinet Office and the ...