All posts tagged "Home Office"
UK Home Office launches new digital strategyThe Home Office is to establish a more “flexible and collective” approach to digital transformation – including consolidating its technology products and becoming more data-driven – in a three-year strategy
- Posted July 15, 2021
Home Office considers complaints examiner after scathing ombudsman reportThe UK Home Office could introduce an independent complaints examiner (ICE) after a scathing report from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, which found that a ‘Windrush generation’ UK resident
- Posted June 8, 2021
Former ethics chief quits, leaving Patel the last one standingHelen MacNamara, the UK’s deputy cabinet secretary and the civil service’s former head of propriety and ethics, is to leave government next month for a new job as director of
- Posted January 22, 2021
Former UK civil service chief says home secretary should resignThe former UK Cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell today added his voice to those calling for home secretary Priti Patel to resign. This follows an independent report, which found that she
- Posted November 20, 2020
Restoring goodwill: former UK HR chief Kevin White on repairing national government’s damaged reputationThe UK’s response to COVID-19 fostered a suspicion of leadership, says former UK HR chief Kevin White – but it’s also an opportunity to revive trust in public services. The
- Posted November 13, 2020
UK Home Office failing ‘to learn from its numerous mistakes’, say MPsThe UK Home Office has “little idea” of the impact of its Immigration Enforcement Directorate’s £400m (US$512m) annual spending and lacks an end-to-end understanding of the country’s immigration system, according
- Posted September 21, 2020
Former UK Home Office chief launches unfair dismissal claimSir Philip Rutnam, who resigned as Home Office permanent secretary on 29 February alleging bullying by home secretary Priti Patel, has lodged legal proceedings against her. The FDA – the
- Posted April 20, 2020
Addressing challenges through collaboration: the benefits of crown-to-crown payments processingThe Home Office Payment Processing Service (HOPPS) managed more than 700,000 visa applications a year. The service was experiencing challenges – not only with the sheer volume of applications but
- Posted April 15, 2020
UK Home Office perm sec quits, alleging bullying and smears by home secretaryThe Home Office permanent secretary, Sir Philip Rutnam, resigned on Saturday after 33 years in the civil service, issuing a statement in which he accused home secretary Priti Patel of
- Posted March 2, 2020
UK education department faces sanction over data protection breachesThe UK Department for Education (DfE) is facing disciplinary action for what a watchdog has called “wide ranging and serious concerns” over data protection breaches. Privacy regulator the Information Commissioner’s
- Posted November 27, 2019
