News

• Cabinet Secretary visits Ethiopia to discuss Civil Service reform

  During the three-day visit, Sir Gus O’Donnell stressed that moving towards an independent, impartial Civil Service is important for Ethiopia.

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  Sir Gus O’Donnell’s special end of year article for Civil Service World Sir Gus O’Donnell’s special end of year article for Civil Service World
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  Government launches one-stop shop for data A major new website has been launched to the public which gives anyone who wants to use it unprecedented and free access to government data in one place.
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  Research shows Civil Service more diverse than ever before

  Civil servants come from more diverse backgrounds than ever before - according to new research.

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  Results of UK’s biggest-ever engagement survey published

  Results from the People Survey, the first cross-Civil Service attitude survey, are being shared with departments and teams from today.  The overall results from the survey, which is the largest of is kind in Britain and involved over 340,000 staff from 96 organisations across the Civil Service, are also being published on the Civil Service website.  By publishing the figures in this way, departments will be able to judge themselves against a benchmark - and it will give them a more effective way of measuring engagement levels in their teams.

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  Joint announcement by Cabinet Office, FDA, Prospect, POA, GMB and Unite

  After 18 months of discussions, the Cabinet Office has reached agreement with five Civil Service unions – the FDA, Prospect, the Prison Officers Association, GMB and Unite - about reforming the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.  This is the scheme which sets out what departments should pay staff who are made redundant, or who volunteer for early exit programmes.  You can read the full joint announcement below: