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31 Oct Commercial. From MEAT to MAT: Balancing cost control with quality in public procurement. Public sector procurement has undergone a subtle yet significant change with the transition from Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) to Most Advantageous Tender (MAT). Proxima takes a look at what this means for procurement professionals.
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Budget: Departments' day-to-day spending to rise 1.5% in real terms. Total departmental spending will rise by an average of 1.5% a year over the next five years, chancellor announces, with higher rises in the next two years. 30 Oct Economy.
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – November 11
1 day ago · Ministry of Justice – Susannah Hancock to lead an independent review of the placement of girls in the children and young people’s secure estate. C hildren and Family Court Advisory Support Service – Catherine Doran and Mandy Jones re-appointed as members for one year until 13 May 2026; Rohan Sivanandan’s tenure extended from 24 December ...
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Building a great career in the civil service shouldn't depend on your background. In this guide, the Government Government Socio-Economic Diversity Network shines a light on the unwritten rules of navigating the civil service and provides officials with practical, honest and …
SR25: What did Reeves' first Budget tell us about next year’s …
1 day ago · While the Budget did not set out detailed departmental spending plans beyond 2025-26, it did set a spending envelope for the rest of the parliament. Departments will get an average real-terms increase in their day-to-day spending power of 4.8% in 2024-25 and 3.1% in 2025-26, but this drops down to 1.3% in the following three years.
A new era for government contracts - civilserviceworld.com
1 day ago · Get ready for February 2025. The implementation of the Procurement Act 2023, originally due to come into force in October 2024, is now expected on 24 February 2025. Maguire explained the delay was needed to allow the new government to review and align the reforms with their priorities. Specifically, it allows ministers to redraft the National ...
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FDA general secretary Dave Penman on why ministers' 60% in-office drive doesn't make sense. Liaison committee chair Sir Bernard Jenkin reviews Henry Engelhardt's latest book, which reflects on how the Admiral Group chief exec grew his company. Read all this and more in the 2024 issue of Civil Service World as a PDF here, or view the ebook version.
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Lord Evans: Starmer will need 'considerable courage' to deliver standards pledge. Former ethics watchdog chair says Starmer will need to embed “clear structures” for handling standards issues and ensure they are "insulated from political problems”. 11 Sep Civil Service Reform.
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Nov 21, 2022 · This month's issue shines a light on science and innovation in the civil service – plus, the civil servants behind Operation Bridges and an exclusive interview with government's chief property officer. In CSW 's science and innovation-focused November 2022 issue, Defence and Security Accelerator Anita Friend tells us how working on crisis ...
PCS conference votes for new strike strategy, including demand …
By Tevye Markson. 22 May 2024. Members of PCS – the civil service’s biggest union – have voted for a change in direction to the union’s national strike campaign, including an added demand to boost the civil service headcount by 100,000. Delegates at PCS’s annual conference in Brighton yesterday rejected a motion tabled by the union ...