Richard Tice, Reform UK’s deputy leader, has offered a damning verdict on Britain’s 'bloated” civil service after a new report suggesting costs surged by almost £2billion last year.

Civil Service middle management has doubled in size since 2010, a report has found. The number of civil servants in the two pay grades below senior mandarins has ballooned by 112 per cent ...

The analysis revealed a staggering 112 per cent increase in Grade Six and Grade Seven positions since 2010. There are now almost 78,000 mandarins in these roles, who receive salaries between £50,000 ...

Education, Children and Young People Committee – Keith Brown added. Rural Affairs and Islands Committee – Colin Beattie added; Evelyn Tweed discharged.

Former President Carter’s recent death reminds us that it's been almost 50 years since the Civil Service Reform Act was passed. Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s chief domestic adviser, told Federal ...

Lord Bates (Con) and Lord O'Shaughnessy’s (Con) leaves of absence have ended on 6 January. Baroness Meyer (Con) suspended from the service of the House for three weeks from 8 January. Lord Stone of ...

A pregnant woman seeks help from dozens of birth workers. But all is not as it seems ...

Civil service pay has been frozen yet the wage bill remains the same as it was 10 years ago. Time to clear out the dead wood and boost the pay of top talent, says Henry Hill It’s all so predictable.

The Trump administration’s Day 1 executive actions governing federal workforce issues could collectively kickstart the new president’s efforts to politicize the nonpartisan civil service ...

Multiple new Disney trading pins and lanyards have arrived at Walt Disney World, featuring characters including Stitch, Marie, Winnie the Pooh, Kermit, and more. We found these items at Star Traders, ...

It seems that delusion runs deep in the civil service. The Office for National Statistics backed strike action against having to do two days a week in the office, with others demanding they only ...

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