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29 December 2025
By Kate Owen, Chief Executive, Civil Service Commission As 2025 comes to an end, it’s a good moment to look back at what the Commission has been doing across our expanded areas of responsibility, and what the latest data is telling us about recruitment and conduct across the Civil Service. Recruitment Principles: exceptions Between January...
24 December 2025
The Civil Service Commission (the Commission) has today published an updated version of its Civil Service Code complaints guidance, which can be found here. This guidance will provide clarity on who can bring a complaint to the Commission under the Civil Service Code, which complaints fall within the Commission’s remit and the process of an...
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 took the time to provide feedback. We’ve listened carefully and have made a number of improvements to help make the sessions more engaging, practical, and useful across departments. All workshops...
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 published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2024-25. In her foreword to the report, First Civil Service Commissioner, Baroness Gisela Stuart said: “This report covers a significant year for the...
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 in the civil service: How can new permanent secretaries deliver for government?” The discussion explored how the Commission works with departments to recruit its senior leaders and the role of...
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.
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 Commission’s application of the 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 here.
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 civil servants and special advisers under the government’s Business Appointment rules. This is an important development for the Commission, giving us responsibility for advising on exit, as well as being...
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 a new role providing independent advice on, and scrutiny of, the application of the Business Appointment Rules (BARs) for civil servants and special advisers. Interim arrangements After Friday 12 September:...