I'm delighted to announce I'm now Online Editor at Civil Service World (@civilserviceworld.bsky.social). I'm looking forward to shaping our online coverage for civil servants – from news, op-eds and long-read features, to our daily newsletter.

Now we know the Committee on Standards in Public Life will become the beefed-up Ethics and Integrity Commission, here's what CSPL chair Doug Chalmers had to say to @tevyemarkson.bsky.social recently on empathy, rapport and "zigzagging between departments": www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...

I'm planning on continuing to talk about Thomas Partey, Arsenal and rape culture as long as it is a problem within football open.substack.com/pub/feverpit...

MyCSP dispute centres on the lack of formal recognition for PCS ahead of the transfer of staff to outsourcing giant Capita www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

First-of-its-kind health partnership will employ more than 300 medical personnel from the MoD and the NHS www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

In this episode CSW editor-in-chief Jess Bowie talks to Tom Brown, author of The Mind of the Minister, about the unique relationship between senior civil servants and politicians open.spotify.com/episode/3Eiw...

Judges said Sheffield Campus partnership had "an incredible multi-year strategy, with societal impact beyond employability" www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

New cross-government digital system will give the exchequer and departments a shared understanding in real time of how they are performing against their budgets and objectives www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

FoI documents reveal Scottish Government's office and home-working plans www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

What's with the emotional guitar music on Sky News before Keir Starmer's AI speech? Sad Monday morning vibes. Ok now we have something more upbeat...

Cafes, please stop putting food on top of napkins

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 3 weeks what a joke

A civil servant lying in a bath suddenly darts out and runs outside to find an apple cart and dashes it with all the apples to the ground and screams "IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!!!!!". Then sighs and walks back to their bath and continues to lay in it

Having minions bring you in steak for lunch is certainly an interesting definition of being working class. And how can sandwiches not be food but be breakfast? So much to unpack...

"Tepid Bathgate" needs fixing, and quickly, says the FDA's general secretary Dave Penman www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

NEW: Starmer writes to civil servants promising that his ministers will provide the leadership officials need to deliver and asking them to be "emboldened to upset the apple cart" www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

DHSC permanent secretary Sir Chris Wormald has been named as the next cabinet secretary, replacing Simon Case www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

As well as criticising over-politicisation at No.10, ex cabinet secretary Lord Butler also took aim at Americanisation. He said the concept of having a “chief of staff” is “like chewing gum and Halloween: an unwelcome import from the United States”. www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

NEW @civilserviceworld.bsky.social deep dive. I took a look at recently-released data on desk space across government and asked what DESNZ has been doing to address capacity concerns at its HQ www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...

Faith in the civil service - @tevyemarkson.bsky.social talking to @teodorgrama.bsky.social www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

Was just grimacing at the (counts) 51 tabs 😬 I have open on Chrome on my work laptop, when I thought of a joke: What did the neglected internet browser say to the human. Why aren’t you keeping tabs on me?

A trip to a French bakery can swiftly bring you back down to earth. My first Substack post open.substack.com/pub/tevye/p/...

Just over a month after Nin Pandit was appointed as Keir Starmer's principal private secretary, the Cabinet Office has launched a recruitment campaign for a permanent PPS. Read our story 👇 www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...

Hello! I'm a senior reporter at Civil Service World, the publication for civil servants in the UK. Going to start sharing civil service-related stories here plus anything else I'm working on