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FCDO contractors vote to continue strike action over 'poverty pay'
12 hours ago · Security staff working at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are set to strike for another five weeks over pay and terms and conditions. PCS, the civil service’s biggest union, has announced another wave of strike action by outsourced G4S security staff working the FCDO’s East ...
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Civil servants 'must have voice' in AI rollout, union chief says
1 day ago · Civil service union Prospect has given its backing to prime minister Keir Starmer's action plan for unleashing the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence – but it says officials must have input on how the technology is used. General secretary Mike Clancy said there is "no escaping" the ...
Read the winter 2024 issue of Civil Service World
In the cover interview for CSW's first issue of the year, DWP permanent secretary Peter Schofield reflects on his career, DWP's values and a major turning point in his personal life; while outgoing Committee on Standards in Public Life chair Lord Evans reflects on his five-year stint at the watchdog during one of the most tumultuous periods for public standards in recent history.
'Innovation can come from anyone, anywhere': The projects to …
2 days ago · This year’s programme is split into three parts. More than 110,000 civil servants having already taken part in the first step: an online ‘Innovation Masterclass’.
Civil service headcount rises for eighth year running
Sep 11, 2024 · The civil service has grown for the eighth year running, new Office for National Statistics figures show. The latest public sector employment bulletin, published yesterday, shows the full-time equivalent civil service headcount increased by 24,000 between June 2023 and June 2024 and now stands at 513,000.
20 years of CSW: World in motion - Civil Service World
Aug 29, 2024 · Two decades is a long time in government. When we launched as Whitehall & Westminster World in 2004, Tony Blair’s New Labour drove the policy of the day. Our archives capture vignettes of the high-profile projects civil servants were working on in those early years – from ASBOs and the Euro to the long, tortuous development (and, later, scrapping) of ID cards.
MoD recruitment curb to last 18 months and cut headcount by up …
Jul 27, 2023 · The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that recruitment controls will be in place for the next 18 months as part of plans to reduce its workforce by up to 3,000.