Recruitment for new boss follows the retirement of Nick Ephgrave in March
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Officials have successfully completed the Three Peaks Challenge in under 24 hours to raise funds for Sport Relief
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"It might be tempting to reach for further efficiency savings...But with such ambitious existing plans, it’s hard to see how credible further productivity improvements would be"
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Burnham said senior officials recognise that "more power in the hands of people in our places" will help create the conditions for growth and innovation across the country
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The dispute follows the MHCLG announcement two years ago of the closure of six regional offices – Newcastle, Truro, Exeter, Sheffield, Birmingham and Warrington – all of which have now shut their doors
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MHCLG civil servant Vicky Sterrett wins award for pilot which combined real-time AI prompts and natural language processing to transform the accuracy of rough sleeping alerts
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"We don’t mind if you’re trying to push the boundaries and you have failed. But recognise when you’ve made the mistakes"
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Scottish Government permanent secretary Joe Griffin said he sees “huge value in a balanced hybrid approach” and “getting the balance right matters”
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"A decade of hands-on delivery has taught us a point that deserves more attention as devolution matures and money moves to local leaders: infrastructure investment should deliver beyond the completed asset"
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"People don’t give away power naturally," writes former perm sec Michael Bichard. "So this office has got to be seen as a really credible force in government"
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The new Government Property Agency non-executive director is a chief operating officer at the Department for Work and Pensions, leading the Synergy Programme
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Penman said “strong political will” and a lack of churn is necessary to inspire confidence in change among civil servants
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Study warns many councils and strategic authorities don’t have staff resources and expertise required to ensure money is spent effectively as more power is devolved from central government
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Chris Stark will step down from his role as the government’s “head of clean power” just over two years after he was appointed to the role
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🆕CSW speaks to Insolvency Service boss Duncan Beach about ‘phoenix' firms, growth and alignment with cabinet secretary Antonia Romeo
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Walsh was previously director general for government communications transformation, and will continue to lead that programme alongside her new role
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Department says lessons from scrapped Applicant Tracking System programme will help create future online recruitment offer that is “cost effective”
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West Cumbria has quietly become a hub of innovation in robotics for nuclear decommissioning and fusion. Why? And what lessons can other regions learn from this? 👇
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Gail Carson will become chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency and Robin May has been appointed as chief scientific officer on a permanent basis
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Re:State op-ed for CSW: "We need to rethink how government funds digital capability, organises teams, makes decisions and learns from what works"
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