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Civil service will be ordered to slash £2.2bn from 'back room' budgets with jobs to go as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to avoid more tax rises in looming Spring Statement
5 days, 6 hours ago

Civil service will be ordered to slash £2.2bn from 'back room' budgets with jobs to go as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to avoid more tax rises in looming Spring Statement

Daily Mail  

The civil service will be told to slash more than £2billion a year from budgets by the end of the decade as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to balance the books. Plans for cuts to civil service budgets have emerged days before the Chancellor's crucial Spring Statement Your browser does not support iframes. 'The budgets being cut will, for many departments, …

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Guest Column| Need to sensitise young civil servants to develop soft skills
1 week, 1 day ago

Guest Column| Need to sensitise young civil servants to develop soft skills

Hindustan Times  

The training of a young, fresh mind is of great importance. Unless our future policy-makers and administrators are not encouraged to listen and ‘feel’ for people, the academy’s motto of civil service, ‘Sheelam param bhushnam ’, is put to test. As a premier institution for training of newly recruited civil servants, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration emphasises …

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Letters to the Editor: You’ll really miss civil service protections when they’re gone
1 month ago

Letters to the Editor: You’ll really miss civil service protections when they’re gone

LA Times  

Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington on Feb. 14. To the editor: I support UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky’s position on protecting certain federal agency executives from arbitrary firings by the current president. Agencies that have already been affected by President Trump’s unlawful removals include …

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Civil services prelims exam 2025: UPSC extends last date to apply – Check details here
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Civil services prelims exam 2025: UPSC extends last date to apply – Check details here

Live Mint  

The Union Public Service Commission has extended the last date to apply for civil services preliminary examination 2025. The civil services preliminary examination is scheduled to be held on May 25. According to a UPSC notification, the last date for registration for Civil Services -2025 and Indian Forest Service -2025 exams "has been extended till 18.02.2025." The civil services examination …

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New website for Civil Services Examination prelims registration has errors: applicants
1 month, 3 weeks ago

New website for Civil Services Examination prelims registration has errors: applicants

The Hindu  

Spelling mistakes and failure to generate one-time passwords are among several glitches reported by applicants applying online for the preliminary Civil Services Examination 2025 to be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in May. Months after the alleged scam by sacked Indian Administrative Service probationer Puja Khedkar, who forged documents to clear the exams, the UPSC introduced changes. Glitches …

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Trump's Plan To Strip Federal Workers Of Protections Goes 1 Step Further
2 months ago

Trump's Plan To Strip Federal Workers Of Protections Goes 1 Step Further

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A memo from the Trump administration’s top human resources official Monday laid out expansive descriptions of workers who could be stripped of civil service protections this year. These employees would be eligible to be transferred into “Schedule Policy/Career,” which was previously known as “Schedule F.” According to an executive order President Donald Trump issued in 2020 — …

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UPSC Civil Services exam 2025 notification released for 979 vacancies, apply till February 11
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2 months ago

UPSC Civil Services exam 2025 notification released for 979 vacancies, apply till February 11

Hindustan Times  

Union Public Service Commission has released the official notification for the Civil Services examination, 2025 at upsc.gov.in. UPSC CSE 2025: Civil Services exam notification released for 979 vacancies This year, the exam will be conducted for approximately 979 vacancies. The UPSC CSE 2025 examination will be held for the following services- Indian Administrative Service Indian Foreign Service Indian Police Service …

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SC appoints senior advocate Jaideep Gupta as amicus to examine plea on disclosure of UPSC CSE answer keys, marks
2 months, 1 week ago

SC appoints senior advocate Jaideep Gupta as amicus to examine plea on disclosure of UPSC CSE answer keys, marks

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has appointed an amicus curiae to assist it on a plea of civil service aspirants, seeking direction to the UPSC for disclosure of the answer keys, cut-off marks and marks of the candidates appearing in civil service examination. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Manoj Misra appointed senior advocate Jaideep Gupta as amicus curiae to …

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Dilip Cherian | Rethink urgently how to fill huge number of civil service vacancies
3 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Rethink urgently how to fill huge number of civil service vacancies

Deccan Chronicle  

India faces a severe shortage of IAS, IPS, and IFoS officers, straining administrative efficiency and law enforcement capabilities. In a rare and bold move, IAS officer N. Prasanth has openly challenged his senior colleagues, alleging serious misconduct that could have far-reaching consequences for the integrity of India’s administrative framework. Mr Prasanth, currently under suspension, has issued a legal notice accusing …

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DOMINIC LAWSON: Does anyone really believe Starmer is the man who will take on the Civil Service unions?
3 months, 1 week ago

DOMINIC LAWSON: Does anyone really believe Starmer is the man who will take on the Civil Service unions?

Daily Mail  

Look, I know this is hard to believe, but Rachel Reeves has promised to take an 'iron fist against waste' in government. Keir Starmer sent civil servants a grovelling letter of apology but a problem does exist says Dominic Lawson Pamela Dow is a fiercely-focused Scot who previously worked as the principal private secretary at the Department for Education Trouble …

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UPSC Civil Service Mains Result 2024 released, here's how to download at upsc.gov.in
3 months, 2 weeks ago

UPSC Civil Service Mains Result 2024 released, here's how to download at upsc.gov.in

Hindustan Times  

Union Public Service Commission, UPSC, has released the results of the Civil Service Mains Examinations 2024 on December 9, 2024. UPSC CSE Mains Result 2024: Here’s how to download To download the results, candidates can follow the steps mentioned below · Visit the official website at upsc.gov.in. · On the home page, click on the link to download the UPSC …

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UPSC Civil Service Mains Result 2024 out at upsc.gov.in, direct link to check CSE results
3 months, 2 weeks ago

UPSC Civil Service Mains Result 2024 out at upsc.gov.in, direct link to check CSE results

Hindustan Times  

Union Public Service Commission has declared UPSC Civil Service Mains Result 2024. UPSC CSE Mains 2024 Results Live Updates here Those candidates who have passed the mains examination are eligible to appear for the interview or personality test. Direct link to check UPSC CSE Mains 2024 results The candidates who are declared to have qualified Civil Services Examination will be …

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Labour apes ex-Tory aide Dom Cummings' plan to recruit 'weirdos and misfits' into reformed Civil Service as minister Pat McFadden tells 'innovators and disrupters' that 'Britain needs you'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour apes ex-Tory aide Dom Cummings' plan to recruit 'weirdos and misfits' into reformed Civil Service as minister Pat McFadden tells 'innovators and disrupters' that 'Britain needs you'

Daily Mail  

Labour today echoed a plan by a former Tory aide to Boris Johnson to bring 'weirdos and misfits' into the Civil Service as it seeks to reform Whitehall. Pat McFadden namechecked a 2020 plan by former No10 chief of staff Dominic Cumming to recruit into Downing Street from outside the usual gene pool of Oxford and Cambridge graduates. Pat McFadden …

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Starmer urged to rebuild trust with civil service after ‘Trumpian’ language
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Starmer urged to rebuild trust with civil service after ‘Trumpian’ language

Hindustan Times  

Sir Keir Starmer must work to “immediately rebuild trust” with the civil service after using “Trumpian” language to describe them, the head of a union representing senior civil servants has said. Sir Keir’s wide-ranging Plan for Change speech on Thursday saw the Prime Minister set out six measurable “milestones” against which the public could judge his Government’s performance. The union …

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Starmer urged to rebuild trust with civil service after ‘Trumpian’ language
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Starmer urged to rebuild trust with civil service after ‘Trumpian’ language

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer must work to “immediately rebuild trust” with …

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Participation in iGOT training to be mandatory for civil service officials in Puducherry, says L-G
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Participation in iGOT training to be mandatory for civil service officials in Puducherry, says L-G

The Hindu  

Puducherry will introduce mandatory participation for all civil service officials in training courses delivered on the Integrated Government Online Training platform, a national initiative that aims to transform the civil services landscape, Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan said on Friday. Addressing a workshop after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Capacity Building Commission, an entity under the framework …

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Starmer appoints ‘safe pair of hands’ to run civil service as he prepares for major reset after only five months in power
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Starmer appoints ‘safe pair of hands’ to run civil service as he prepares for major reset after only five months in power

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer has appointed a candidate described as a “safe …

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Sir Chris Wormald confirmed as UK’s new top civil servant
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sir Chris Wormald confirmed as UK’s new top civil servant

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Chris Wormald has been appointed Cabinet Secretary, becoming the …

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Jayarajan rallies for Sarin a day after autobiography row
4 months, 1 week ago

Jayarajan rallies for Sarin a day after autobiography row

Hindustan Times  

Kochi: Senior CPI leader EP Jayarajan on Thursday campaigned for the party candidate P Sarin for the Palakkad bypoll, a day after a controversy broke out over ‘fake’ excerpts of his autobiography tumbling out in the local media. On Thursday, at a public meeting in Palakkad, the senior CPI leader called Sarin an ‘ideal’ candidate for the party who had …

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Column: Trump wants to turn the federal bureaucracy into an ‘army of suck-ups.’ Here’s how that would be a disaster
6 months ago

Column: Trump wants to turn the federal bureaucracy into an ‘army of suck-ups.’ Here’s how that would be a disaster

LA Times  

Trump would certainly stock the top levels of the government with loyalists. “We will pass critical reforms making every executive branch employee fireable by the president,” Trump said early in his campaign. ‘An army of suck-ups’ Experts in federal administration say Trump’s proposal, known as “Schedule F” for the job category it would expand, is a bad idea. “But they …

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Civil service appointments watchdog to audit Labour-era hires
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Civil service appointments watchdog to audit Labour-era hires

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Kate Owen, the Civil Service Commission interim chief executive, wrote to human resources directors …

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Tories demand investigation into Labour donor’s appointment to Civil Service job
7 months ago

Tories demand investigation into Labour donor’s appointment to Civil Service job

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Prime Minister’s ethics adviser …

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Conservatives urge civil service to investigate alleged 'cash for jobs' appointments under the Labour Government
7 months, 1 week ago

Conservatives urge civil service to investigate alleged 'cash for jobs' appointments under the Labour Government

Daily Mail  

The Tories last night urged the civil service watchdog to investigate alleged 'cash for jobs' appointments under the Labour Government. John Glen, the Shadow Paymaster General, wrote to the Civil Service Commission asking it to act It comes after Ian Corfield, a former banker, was given a top Treasury job after donating £20,000 to the Labour Party. Last week it …

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Labour 'cash for jobs' row grows as Tories demand Treasury 'come clean' over top Whitehall role for banker who donated thousands to Chancellor Rachel Reeves
7 months, 1 week ago

Labour 'cash for jobs' row grows as Tories demand Treasury 'come clean' over top Whitehall role for banker who donated thousands to Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Daily Mail  

A Labour 'cash for jobs' row has deepened as the Tories demanded the Treasury 'come clean' over the appointment of a party donor to a top civil service role. Ms Trott said the Government appeared to have 'withheld important information' from the Civil Service Commission over the hiring of Mr Corfield. Ian Corfield, a banker who previously donated more than …

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