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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 The Mandelson crisis exposes No 10's civil service rift
Former Cabinet Secretary Lord Robin Butler, associate director at the @instituteforgov Hannah Keenan, general secretary of @FDA_union @FDAGenSec, and co-editor of @CSWnews @SuzannahCSW, join @Alain_Tolhurst to discuss how damaging the sacking of Olly Robbins and the briefing wars that have followed it are for relations between government and Whitehall
Listen now: pod.fo/e/40598c
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The man who captivated the internet as he sat behind Sir Olly Robbins at a parliamentary hearing says he's "just a bloke" who loves politics.
Andrew Edwards says he wants to encourage other people to go out and engage with politics and current affairs in real life.
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Ciaran Martin says firing FCDO perm sec does not square with how the vetting process works, and will have chilling effect on civil servants
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In the latest CSW Podcast, editors-in-chief Jess and Suzannah are joined by Hannah Keenan from the Institute for Government to reflect on the sacking of Sir Chris Wormald, the unprecedented nature of the situation, and the impact on civil service morale
bit.ly/4qU5Z9f
Suzannah Brecknell retweeted
My response to today's announcement of Sir Chris Wormald's departure as Cabinet Secretary.
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There isn’t much that surprises me these days, but the failure of this government to learn the lessons from the Cummings era is one of them. What message does this briefing send to the entire civil service, never mind anyone thinking of joining government in a senior role?
Writing has been on the wall for Chris Wormald for months - as @rowenamason revealed last July.
She reported that Keir Starmer’s No 10 increasingly had “buyer’s remorse” about the cab sec who at that point ha only been running civil service for six months.
Multiple sources told her people around Starmer were growing to view the choice as “disastrous” for the prospects of radical reform of civil service and had begun to explore options for how to work around him.
One said Wormald was viewed as “insipid” and prone to wringing his hands about problems rather than coming up with solutions, and was too entrenched in the status quo.
His departure could be announced within days.
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Suzannah Brecknell retweeted
On the latest episode of the CSW Podcast, the MoD's @ArchiDame talks about her career, the lockdown challenge that inspired her first book, her earliest memories of making art – and her new book celebrating British railways: open.spotify.com/episode/0WA…
Suzannah Brecknell retweeted
What’s the real state of the relationship between the Government and Whitehall right now?
@SuzannahCSW, Editor of @CSWnews, shares her perspective in our latest webinar.
Watch the webinar replay here: bit.ly/3I5W6EH
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It’s disappointing to see that the civil service strategic workforce plan, promised with the Spending Review, will now not be published until later this year. As I told @CSWnews, this lack of detail leaves civil servants with more questions than answers.
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Suzannah Brecknell retweeted
One year on from a historic general election, what impact has “mission-driven government” had on Whitehall culture?
Join us on 3 July to hear from @SuzannahCSW as well as @holyroodmandy, @siennamarla, @adampayne26 and @wallaceme
Register here: bit.ly/4dm0fQ6
This means that - barring a reshuffle - from 16 Dec everyone sitting around the Cabinet table will have been state educated.
DHSC permanent secretary Sir Chris Wormald has been named as the next cabinet secretary, replacing Simon Case
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Suzannah Brecknell retweeted
DHSC permanent secretary Sir Chris Wormald has been named as the next cabinet secretary, replacing Simon Case
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Civil Service Commission launches 'rapid review' of appointments by exception civilserviceworld.com//news/…
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'What is familiar is the poisonous briefings against a powerful woman': @steverichards14 on briefings against Sue Gray civilserviceworld.com/profes…
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BREAKING: Civil servants get 5% pay rise
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Rachel Reeves says she will hold a multi-year spending review next spring and commit to running a spending review every two years thereafter
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With the GB Energy announcement, there's a lot of chat about the Crown Estate today. But what is this organisation that owns swathes of our country & the entire seabed around England, Wales & NI? And who is the Aussie running it? I met him a few months ago civilserviceworld.com/in-dep…
Suzannah Brecknell retweeted
If you missed it, watch the full recording our latest #TPInsights webinar: After the Election with our editors @adampayne26 from @politicshome, @elliottengage from @TheHouseMag, @SuzannahCSW from @CSWnews & chair @wallaceme, CEO of @TotalPolitics > bit.ly/3WiI7zH
Excellent 🧵 of key facts, plus find out which department has "too often resembled a ministerial holding pen"
After a busy week, we're preparing to wrap up our government formation live blog
Keir Starmer has appointed 111 ministers (so far) to serve in 124 separate posts. I've pulled out some key IfG analysis below
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Civil servants have been experiencing something rather novel in recent days: declarations of support and respect from their new ministers (can you imagine!). Read our round-up of what incoming secretaries of state have been saying to their officials here: civilserviceworld.com/in-dep…
