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"Resilient leaders purposefully put boundaries in place and rest, as they know that depleted leaders make short‑term dec...
07/09/2026

"Resilient leaders purposefully put boundaries in place and rest, as they know that depleted leaders make short‑term decisions that create long‑term problems"

As a senior civil servant, I mistook endurance for resilience. Here's how to avoid this common, and often costly, mistake

The latest moves 👇
07/09/2026

The latest moves 👇

Appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People

Ministers will be "empowered" to take greater legal risks and departments will reduce use of consultations under plans t...
07/09/2026

Ministers will be "empowered" to take greater legal risks and departments will reduce use of consultations under plans to reduce "administrative frictions"

Senior ministers also set out plans to widen reforms limiting the use of judicial review, in a letter which tells their colleagues to be 'bold and ...

The onetime MHCLG perm sec spent three decades pushing the civil service to move beyond good intentions on gender equali...
04/09/2026

The onetime MHCLG perm sec spent three decades pushing the civil service to move beyond good intentions on gender equality. Now Ofcom boss, she's holding the tech industry's feet to the fire too

The onetime MHCLG perm sec spent three decades pushing the civil service to move beyond good intentions. Now, as Ofcom boss, she's holding the tech...

Union says pay progress has been "insufficient" and "a major campaign of industrial action is now needed"
04/09/2026

Union says pay progress has been "insufficient" and "a major campaign of industrial action is now needed"

Unions had previously given a mixed welcome to the 2026-27 pay remit announced in May

Figures show more than 8,000 exits in 2025-26
04/09/2026

Figures show more than 8,000 exits in 2025-26

Figures show more than 8,000 exits in 2025-26 and hike in spending on consultants

The move comes in response to a Public Accounts Committee report that dubbed the current system “fragmented” and lacking...
04/09/2026

The move comes in response to a Public Accounts Committee report that dubbed the current system “fragmented” and lacking “end-to-end leadership”

Move follows Public Accounts Committee report that dubbed the current system “fragmented” and lacking “end-to-end leadership”

Clifford’s decision to stay on as chair of government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency prompts conflict-of-inter...
03/09/2026

Clifford’s decision to stay on as chair of government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency prompts conflict-of-interest concerns

Matt Clifford’s decision to stay on as chair of government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency prompts conflict-of-interest concerns

Haigh promises to end “the warm bath of constructive ambiguity which politics has been too happy to soak in for far too ...
03/09/2026

Haigh promises to end “the warm bath of constructive ambiguity which politics has been too happy to soak in for far too long”

Louise Haigh says government will end “warm bath of constructive ambiguity which politics has been too happy to soak in'

Reform of civil service performance management is long overdue – here's how to make it stick. Op-ed from Re:State's Matt...
03/09/2026

Reform of civil service performance management is long overdue – here's how to make it stick. Op-ed from Re:State's Matthew Feeney 👇

Civil service performance reform is long overdue. Here's how Burnham can make it stick

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