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  • £17 million estimated savings as cost of taxpayer-funded trade union representation halves

    The cost to taxpayers of trade union representatives in government departments has halved, according to figures published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government doubles opportunities for talented young people

    The Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme is due to open on 28 January 2014 with 200 places available.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Civil Service named one of the most gay-friendly workplaces

    10 government departments feature in Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2014.

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  • Civil Service apprentice: Cora Gordon

    Cora Gordon, a paralegal in the Crown Prosecution Service, talks about her experience as a Civil Service apprentice.

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  • Civil Service apprentice: Conor O'Connor

    Conor O'Connor, who has a policy support role in the Department for Education, discusses his experience as a Civil Service apprentice..

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  • Civil Service apprentice: Ayath Ullah

    Ayath Ullah, who has an enforcement and compliance role in HMRC, talks about his experience of being a Civil Service apprentice.

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  • UK to be the G8’s “most digital government” by next year, with billions of savings in sight

    Driving records to go online, as part of programme to digitise 25 major public services.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government marks the progress on Digital Strategy - one year on

    The government's Digital Strategy is showing progress as update shows that departments are starting to move transactions online.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Process starts to select open standards for government documents

    The government has begun the process of selecting open standards for document formats.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Award-winning property project saves £60m for the taxpayer

    Government agencies are saving taxpayers £60 million by housing their headquarters under one roof in an award-winning project.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government property strategy speech

    Minister Francis Maude discussed the government's property strategy at the Workplace Network and Worldwide Workplace Web Conference.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency named

    The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will replace the DSA and VOSA.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM speech at Open Government Partnership 2013

    David Cameron announced plans to create a publicly accessible central registry of information on beneficial ownership.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Shared service strategy to save taxpayer money

    The government’s strategy to transform back office operations could help deliver between £400 million and £600 million a year in savings.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Conference: innovative commissioning (2013)

    Speakers' presentations from this 1-day conference, which focused on 'succeeding through results' and 'partnering for success'.

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  • Press briefing: morning 29 October 2013

    The Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on digital government, HS2, the Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral and Scotland.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • GOV.UK - 1 year old and improving all the time

    Average weekly visits to GOV.UK, the award-winning single domain for government services and information, are running at over 9 million.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Radical overhaul for Whitehall security

    The government security classifications will be fundamentally overhauled for the first time since World War II.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New central government communication service to save money and raise standards

    Plans to improve standards and evaluate effectiveness of government communication were unveiled today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Digital Britain, digital India, digital world

    Speech by UK Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon Francis Maude MP at the ORF Auditorium on Thursday, 12 September 2013.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government