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Top civil servants need more experience beyond Whitehall, watchdog chair says

Gisela Stuart said more top mandarins should have experience working in devolved administrations and the private sector.

The Independent UK

Global economy not on the cusp of another 2008 - Bank of England governor

The UK’s economy showed no growth in February, narrowly avoiding a recession despite decades-high inflation

Insider UK

France to Ban TikTok on Work Phones of Civil Servants

France will ban the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of civil servants, Civil Service Minister Stanislas Guerini said on his Twitter account. "In order to guarantee the cybersecurity of our administrations and civil servants, the government has decided to ban recreational applications such as TikTok…

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DVLA issues strike warning as drivers urged 'not to contact' amid delays

Fresh strike action taking place this month is to impact a wide array of civil service and government bodies.

Daily Record

Sue Gray to tell government watchdog when job talks with Labour began

Ms Gray, who has spent decades in the civil service, quit this week with immediate effect when news of her discussions with Sir Keir was leaked

Evening Standard

Belfast rugby club looking to the future after relaunching youth section

Civil Service (NI) recently hosted another hugely successful mid-term camp for boys and girls

Belfast Live

Dalbeattie Star boss pick up rare point against Civil Service Strollers

Boss Eddie Warwick believes the Lowland League basement boys could have returned home from Edinburgh with a win

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Former taxman, 54, becomes outdoor sports apprentice and wishes he'd done it sooner

Martin Bennett left behind a 30-year career with the Civil Service and now teaches skiing, archery and caving

Birmingham Post

Kabul whistleblower warns of Civil Service politicisation under Tories

Josie Stewart said officials saw it as their job to protect ministers rather than to serve the public.

The Independent UK

One in 10 Ministry of Justice staff say they have experienced bullying or harassment

According to the annual Civil Service People Survey 11% of MoJ staff warned that they had experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination - significantly higher than an average across the Civil Service of 7%

Daily Mirror

Brendan Hughes: Whistleblowing vet case shows lessons not learned from RHI

Three years since the RHI inquiry report, an investigation into another Stormont controversy has shown strikingly similar failures

Belfast Live

No paper trail of key decisions in £1.5m legal dispute with whistleblowing vet, Stormont report finds

Stormont commissioned an independent review of how it dealt with issues raised by Dr Tamara Bronckaers

Belfast Live

The 'rich pals club' where money, power and connections are linked to Tory scandals

The cast list is small but it involves three Prime Ministers, the party’s chairman and two multi-millionaires

Daily Mirror

Who is top civil servant Simon Case?

The former royal adviser was one of the UK’s officials working on the border issues between the Republic and Northern Ireland created by Brexit.

The Independent UK

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Wales Online

Travellers 'could face months of disruption' as Border Force strike begins

'We think that the action at the borders is going to be very effective. We hope that the Government will therefore do the right thing and get around the negotiating table and put some money upfront'

Daily Mirror

Brits warned UK airports could close during Border Force strikes starting tomorrow

Border Force chief operating officer Steve Dann has said spoken out ahead of strikes led by the Public and Commercial Services Union which run to the end of the year

Evening Standard

Passengers warned of airport chaos but ‘most, if not all’ should stay open during Border Force strike

Border Force boss says he expects ‘most, if not all’ affected ports to remain open but warned of disruption

The Independent UK

British army 'used to bail out failing services' as NHS and Civil Service strike, Labour warns

British troops are being recalled from the Ukraine war to fill for the lack of key staff on strike

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Wales Online

Rishi Sunak scraps target of shrinking Civil Service by a fifth

The Government previously planned to axe around 91,000 civil servants’ jobs but the new Prime Minister has criticised the “top-down targets” set under Boris Johnson

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak scraps Boris Johnson's proposal to axe 91,000 Civil Service jobs

The Prime Minister's spokesperson said there will still be job cuts in the Civil Service but there will be no "specific target" as outlined by Mr Johnson's Government

The Independent UK

Treasury insider is the new top official in the department

James Bowler is appointed permanent secretary following the sacking last month of Sir Tom Scholar.

Birmingham Post

Former Civil Service head Lord Kerslake to chair BCP Council urban generation firm

The senior parliamentary figure will lead the board of FuturePlace, which has been created to deliver multi-billion development plans for homes and jobs creation in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP)

The Independent UK

Government spent over £3billion on temporary agency staff to do civil service jobs

Ministers accused of wasting money and running down pay and conditions

Dynamite News

Queen's funeral to be largest event UK ever hosted: Sources

There are more than 100 civil servants working shifts on the central operational team handling events related to the Queen's death, with efforts headed up by the permanent secretary at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Read more on Dynamite News

The Independent UK

Truss criticised over ‘improper’ sacking of top Treasury mandarin

Ex-cabinet secretary Lord Butler said the new PM risks compromising the independence of the Civil Service.

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