Civil service
Government can use GDPR to be more proactive about data
New data protection regulations offer government an opportunity to think again about how it can use data effectively.
Resigning was right, but repair needs to start now
Amber Rudd's resignation raises questions about the quality of advice to ministers at the Home Office as well as the coherence of immigration policy.
Worrying FoI trends continue – the Information Commissioner can help
The Information Commissioner’s Office must continue to hold the Government’s feet to the fire for poor transparency.
Accountability in modern government: what are the issues?
The UK’s system of accountability isn’t keeping up with the realities of modern government.
We need proposals – not negotiators – to make progress on Brexit
If the UK does not have detailed ideas of what it wants, there is no point splashing out on Eurostar fares for hundreds of civil servants.
DCMS becomes the department for data
Bringing government data policy together provides an opportunity to revitalise it.
Ethnicity in the civil service
Why does ethnic diversity in the civil service matter?
Disability in the civil service
Why is it important that the disabled population is represented in the civil service?
Brexit is continuing to ramp up the civil service workforce
The demands of Brexit have turned several government departments – like Defra and DExEU – into recruitment hotspots.
Costing Brexit: what is Whitehall spending on exiting the EU?
In the six government departments most affected by Brexit, preparations for leaving the EU will cost at least £400m in the 2017/18 financial year.