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UK tops international index of civil service performance

Mark Sedwill welcomes the findings of a new report on international civil service effectiveness.

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Nominate now for the Championing Faith and Belief Inclusion award

Clare Moriarty introduces the Award for Championing Faith and Belief Inclusion, a new category in this year’s Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion Awards.

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150 years of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

The office responsible for drafting government bills is marking its 150th anniversary.

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Difference equals success for the Civil Service

Civil Service Race Champion Richard Heaton introduces Sam Balch, who writes about breaking down barriers to conversations about race between people from different backgrounds

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Blaze a trail with National Apprenticeship Week

Sarah Bishop, Head of the Government Apprenticeship Strategy Team, urges departments to think big and create more apprenticeships.

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International Women’s Day – achieving #BalanceForBetter in the Civil Service

Government Chief People Officer Rupert McNeil looks at progress towards balanced gender representation in the Civil Service.

Latest from the Civil Service

  1. Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Dashboard
    • Guidance
  2. Government evidence to the Senior Salaries Review Body on the pay of the Senior Civil Service
    • Transparency
  3. Senior Civil Service: performance management
    • Guidance

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What the Civil Service does

The Civil Service helps the government of the day develop and implement its policies as effectively as possible.

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Sue Owen

Sue Owen

Sue Owen is the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and the Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion Champion and LGB&TI Champion.
Philip Rutnam

Philip Rutnam

Philip Rutnam joined the Home Office as Permanent Secretary in April 2017. He was previously Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport (DfT) for five years.

He was appointed Civil Service Disability Champion in 2015.

Follow Philip on Twitter: @PhilipRutnam
Richard Heaton

Richard Heaton

Richard Heaton became the Civil Service Race Champion in April 2014.

He has been Permanent Secretary for MOJ since August 2015. Before that he was Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office (from August 2012).

Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion

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The Civil Service is a modern and diverse workplace reflecting the communities we serve, with an ambition to become the UK’s most inclusive employer by 2020, where people are able to bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best.

Civil Service Learning

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Civil Service Learning provides courses and resources for developing skills common to all UK civil servants in all Civil Service roles.

Civil Service Pensions

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This is for current and prospective members of the Civil Service pension arrangements. It also contains links to information for past members who are not yet receiving their pension.

There are also links for pensioners who are already receiving their Civil Service pension.

What shape expert are you?

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A short film explaining what being a T-shaped expert means, and why it's important to the future of the Civil Service.

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