Government Reform

Government Risk Profession – Being more productive and agile through better risk management

Effective risk management means taking smart, calculated risks to seize opportunities, improve outcomes and create lasting public value. The Government Risk Profession is at the heart of this, championing innovation, supporting confident decision-making and helping us all to be more productive and agile.

Join a profession: real stories of cross-government careers

As part of Join a profession, our new initiative designed to help civil servants find their professional home, we’ve asked colleagues to share their career highlights.

Join a Profession: discover your professional community

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Being part of a government profession is an important aspect of every civil servant’s career journey. Wherever you work, whatever you do, there’s a Civil Service profession waiting to welcome you and help you develop your skills and career, and …

Celebrating a wave of innovation: Scalable experiments from the One Big Thing initiative

The One Big Thing initiative, with its focus on innovation and efficiency, has catalysed a wave of transformative experiments across UK government.

Meet the Modern Civil Service, Amritpal Chahal, Apprentice Software Developer - Ministry of Justice

The Modern Civil Service caught up with Amrit Chahal, one of the very first TechTrack apprentices. In this interview, we talk to him about his motivations, the TechTrack selection process and Amrit’s views on a modern digital government. 

Lessons from the Government Property Agency’s One Big Thing: How Small Changes are making a big impact

A guest blog by Stuart Watts, Head of Customer Insights and Workplace Change at the GPA Imagine if one small change to how your team works could save hours each week, or spark fresh, creative ideas. At the Government Property …

Celebrating 2024: A year of achievements at Darlington Economic Campus

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This is a guest blog by Emma Dudman, Change Communications and Engagement Lead at the Department for Business and Trade, and Sara Gracey, HM Treasury’s Head of Engagement at Darlington Economic Campus. It’s a frosty Thursday morning at the Darlington …