Upcoming CSC Workshops – January to June 2026
15 December 2025
We’re pleased to share our next round of Recruitment Principles training workshops for early 2026! Thank you to everyone who attended the last series and...
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Civil Service Commission – Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25
27 November 2025
The Civil Service Commission which regulates Civil Service appointments to provide assurance that they are made on merit after fair and open competition, has today...
Baroness Gisela Stuart and Atul Devani discuss recruitment and leadership in the Civil Service
5 November 2025
Baroness Gisela Stuart, First Civil Service Commissioner, and Atul Devani, Civil Service Commissioner and entrepreneur, joined a recent Institute for Government panel on “Leadership change...
Civil Service Commission: Strategy 2025-27
3 November 2025
The Civil Service Commission has published its strategy for 2025-2027. This outlines our foundations, mission, impact and priorities for the next two years.
Business Appointment Rules – First Civil Service Commissioner correspondence
29 October 2025
Baroness Gisela Stuart, The First Civil Service Commissioner, has provided her first quarterly update to the Minister for the Cabinet Office on the Civil Service...
Civil Service Commission update on Business Appointment Rules
2 October 2025
The First Civil Service Commissioner wrote to the Permanent Secretaries on 2 October 2025. The update included: The link to the letter can be found...
Advising on exits – a new role for the Civil Service Commission
19 September 2025
Baroness Gisela Stuart, First Civil Service Commissioner On 13 October 2025 the Civil Service Commission will formally assume responsibility for advising on applications from senior...
Update on interim arrangements for applications under the Business Appointment Rules
4 September 2025
The government announced on 21 July 2025 that ACOBA will close, and that as of 13 October 2025 the Civil Service Commission will take on...
New Recruitment Principles Training
5 August 2025
New Recruitment Principles Training Workshops Following positive engagement with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles training across 2024/25, we are pleased to announce a series...
First Civil Service Commissioner responds to the Minister for the Cabinet Office on proposed changes to the role of the Civil Service Commission
21 July 2025
The Rt. Hon. Baroness Gisela Stuart of Edgbaston, First Civil Service Commissioner, has written to the Rt. Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Minister for the Cabinet...