Revenue merger to cause 3,000 job losses
Press Review 29 April 2004
Treasury permanent secretary Gus O'Donnell has admitted that only a small proportion of the 14,000 jobs to be axed from the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise would come from a proposed merger of the two departments.
Civil service swells
Press Review 23 April 2004
Official figures released yesterday confirmed that the number of civil servants continued to rise last year even though swingeing cuts are expected to be announced this summer.
Civil service continues to grow
News Article 22 April 2004
The number of civil servants continued to rise last year even though swingeing cuts are expected to be announced this summer.
No inflationary pay deals, Brown to warn unions
Press Review 21 April 2004
In his first speech on the economy since the Budget, Gordon Brown will today warn public sector unions that ministers will not accept inflationary pay settlements.
Female staff 'lack ambition', says Whitehall chief
Press Review 14 April 2004
A senior Whitehall civil servant has accused female staff of lacking ambition and middle managers of blocking reforms in the Department of Work and Pensions.
Civil servants set to strike
Press Review 13 April 2004
Over 100,000 civil servants working in the work and pensions department and the ONS are today expected to take part in industrial action as part of a dispute over pay.
Lib Dems warn of Whitehall snooping
News Article 7 April 2004
The Liberal Democrats have expressed fears of widespread Whitehall snooping after revelations of civil servants being disciplined for malpractice emerged.
Snooping fears as civil servants misuse IT
Press Review 7 April 2004
The Liberal Democrats have expressed fears of widespread Whitehall snooping on private records after figures showed hundreds of civil servants have been disciplined for misusing departmental computer systems.
DWP seeks pay overhaul
Press Review 5 April 2004
A leaked memo has indicated that officials in the Department for Work and Pensions are planning to marginalise negotiations with the PCS union by extending performance-related pay rises.
Ministers lose civil service appointments veto
News Article 25 March 2004
Whitehall commissioners have secured the co-operation of Downing Street in implementing a revised civil service recruitment code.
New civil service recruitment code to be unveiled
Press Review 25 March 2004
Civil service commissioner Baroness Prasher will today outline a new recruitment code, in a bid to retain Whitehall's independence.
Unions meet with minister over civil service job cuts
Press Review 23 March 2004
Union leaders have met with Cabinet Office minister Douglas Alexander, to protest against plans to axe 40,000 civil service jobs.
Industry reflects civil service job cuts
Press Review 22 March 2004
Moves to cut civil service jobs are being reflected in industry, according to a new survey.
Budget 2004: Whitehall set for job losses
News Article 17 March 2004
Whitehall is set for dramatic job losses in all government departments.
Senior civil servants to be moved out of London
Press Review 16 March 2004
Sir Michael Lyons has called for senior civil servants to be moved out of London as part of a fundamental shake-up of Whitehall.
