Richard Johnstone

I'm the deputy and online editor of @CSWNews. Whitehall news and views, with usual disclaimers. I also tweet @RichRJohnstone

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Job cuts: Treasury can’t define ‘non-frontline civil servant’ | Unions fear empty gesture on pay | ‘Not possible to know’ Covid-19 app user numbers: https://t.co/YjMVeGN4Dv

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Job cuts: Treasury can’t define ‘non-frontline civil servant’ | Unions fear empty gesture on pay | ‘Not possible to know’ Covid-19 app user numbers: https://t.co/YjMVeGvtLX

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Treasury can’t define ‘non-frontline civil servant’ despite job cuts plan https://t.co/vk8A4H42WK

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Budget 2021: Red Book reveals civil service headcount cuts for ‘non-frontline’ staff | Move comes as part of plans to unlock 5% efficiency savings: https://t.co/DJwaeu4E2a

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Budget 2021: Evaluation fund launched as departments agree new priority outcomes | Treasury pledges to plug policy evidence gaps: https://t.co/30S7RK6E5B

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Talk of better pay must be more than just words. As the pay freeze ends, ministers must enact real reform, says @Garry_Graham1: https://t.co/NCx4ua3I2L

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"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans": @colinrtalbot's short history of spending reviews: https://t.co/unGqPDg3Sb

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Spending Review reveals civil service staff cuts | New Evaluation Accelerator Fund to find what works | ‘As the pay freeze ends, ministers must enact real reform’: https://t.co/3CnvHsyLw7

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Sunak confirms end to pay freeze | Gove pledges to expand devolution | FCDO told: do better on climate finance: https://t.co/Lyywf17Yfq

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Sunak confirms end to pay freeze – but gives no details on increases | Government says level of wage rises will be set by review bodies: https://t.co/KXZbUAgmki

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Changing places: What it's really like to work in the Treasury, and the inside story of its Darlington campus https://t.co/Wc2RQNomT6

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Case: Civil service must embrace change to keep public trust | DVSA examiners set strike dates | GDS to build app to access services: https://t.co/31pdpTXanC

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Case: Civil service must embrace change to keep public trust | DVSA examiners set strike dates | GDS to build app to access services: https://t.co/31pdpTFzw4

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‘Ministers risk becoming leaden-footed luddites in work from home row’ | DfT seeks second perm sec | Government urged to end reliance on secondary legislation: https://t.co/qwU0DEEkh8

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‘Ministers risk becoming leaden-footed luddites in work from home row’ | DfT seeks second perm sec | Government urged to end reliance on secondary legislation: https://t.co/qwU0DEEkh8

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Cabinet Office WhatsApp guidance revealed | Civil servants working from home to save on lunch costs, claims minister | Sir John Chilcot remembered: https://t.co/WSiPNrkyyh

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Cabinet Office WhatsApp guidance revealed | Civil servants working from home to save on lunch costs, claims minister | Sir John Chilcot remembered: https://t.co/WSiPNrkyyh

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Spending Review dos and don’ts from an ex-Treasury DG | DfT to take over another rail franchise | Labour's Covid contract cash clawback pledge: https://t.co/BreQ0tWGGH

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Spending Review dos and don’ts from an ex-Treasury DG | DfT to take over another rail franchise | Labour's Covid contract cash clawback pledge: https://t.co/BreQ0tWGGH

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How departments are managing office return | £180k union flag for government office scrapped | NAO questions ‘need for speed’ in project delivery: https://t.co/HsOOD2B0d6