All posts by Kate Hodge

About Kate Hodge

Kate is a journalist and editor, holding roles at both the Guardian and the Financial Times. She specialised in education and combines writing, commissioning and editing with social media and audience engagement. If you have any ideas you would like to pitch, or suggestions to improve the website, feel free to email her on [email protected].

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  US federal workers could be disciplined – or fired – for lying about vaccination status

  US federal employees could face tough penalties – including disciplinary action, losing their jobs and even criminal proceedings – if they lie on a new COVID-19 vaccination certificate, according to

  • Posted August 10, 2021
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  UK civil service showcases crowdsourced ideas to improve data use

  The UK civil service has unveiled eight grassroots ideas on how to make better use of data in government. The projects make up the long list of the Civil Service

  • Posted August 3, 2021
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  Policymakers must co-ordinate a long-term global response to COVID-19, experts warn

  Officials across the world need to “absorb” the long-term nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and treat it as a global health challenge, a new report advises. This includes policies such

  • Posted July 30, 2021
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  UK civil service improves diversity, but gender pay gap remains

  The UK civil service has improved overall diversity but the gender pay gap – while smaller than in 2020 – remains, new workforce statistics show. In 2021, representation of female,

  • Posted July 29, 2021
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  Australian Public Service launches new professional development academy

  The Australian Public Service (APS) has launched a new, service-wide learning and development (L&D) hub to build capabilities and set standards for professional training. The APS Academy aims to foster

  • Posted July 27, 2021
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  Capability-based pay to be introduced under UK civil service reform plans

  All senior appointments to the UK civil service will be open to public competition and capability-based pay will be introduced, under the government’s new reform programme announced today. Alongside transforming

  • Posted June 15, 2021
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  Leading Questions podcast: civil service leaders share what they learned from their time at the top

  From working with ministers to managing personal resilience, every episode a current or former senior civil servant reflects candidly on the challenges they have faced in their career and what

  • Posted April 15, 2021
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  UK civil service data shows gaping gender pension gap, says auditor

  There is 47% gender pay gap in pensions in the UK civil service, according to analysis published by government spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) today. The report, Public

  • Posted March 19, 2021
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  UK appointments regulator condemns briefings against civil servants

  First civil service commissioner Ian Watmore condemned briefings against civil servants today. “I absolutely, absolutely hate it,” he told an online evidence session for the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs

  • Posted March 16, 2021
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  Collective wisdom: women leaders share their career tips for the next generation

  Don’t limit yourself, and remember Winnie the Pooh. To celebrate International Women’s Day, senior officials share the advice they wish they had known earlier in their working lives To celebrate

  • Posted March 5, 2021
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