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After the Fall What’S the Future for Government Contracting? Keystone: Fully Opening up the Benefits of FDA Membership to Heos and Seos FOR SENIOR In a Whitehall state MANAGERS AND of mind PROFESSIONALS The big culture shift on workplace mental health Paymasters and generals Defence Permanent Secretary Stephen Lovegrove talks to PSM @FDA_union @We_are_keystone SPRING 2018 After the fall What’s the future for government contracting? Keystone: fully opening up the benefits of FDA membership to HEOs and SEOs. Help strengthen your union and share information on the benefits, career development and support provided for your HEO or SEO colleagues. Find out more, including how to join, at: wearekeystone.org.uk PSM_spring2017_finals.indd 2 17/03/2017 14:38 In this issue Don’t forget you can follow your union on Twitter @FDA_union @We_are_keystone Welcome Craig Ryan, Editor Twenty years ago, in March 1998, the FDA published the first issue of Public Service Magazine. The cover featured a “scary skeleton” face superimposed on 16 19 a picture of a ghostly figure on a grand staircase, which might just have passed for somewhere in Whitehall. The headline News 4 Features was: “Ghost in the machine: who’s afraid Brexit minister forced to apologise; Sir Interview 16 of digital government?” It was all a bit Paul Jenkins obituary; FDA challenges Ministry of Defence Permanent scary and new in those days. Gove over working hours; FDA President Secretary Stephen Lovegrove talks to PSM marked a big step forward in the joins Guardian public leaders board; PSM. union’s communications. Our mission was Melanie Dawes to speak at FDA threefold: to keep members fully informed; conference; Westminister bullying probe All in the mind 19 promote the FDA’s aims and values; and We look at the deep culture changes encourage debate about the issues that must not duck individual cases. needed to improve mental health and matter to members. The content, format Plus: our round-up of the latest civil and (I hope) our covers have improved in service starters, movers and leavers. wellbeing across Whitehall. 20 years, but the mission remains the same. After the fall 22 Now, as the FDA prepares to celebrate Organising 10 What does the Carillion collapse its centenary next year (see p30), we’re How the FDA’s new fast stream mean for the future of public sector anticipating another leap forward with committee is shaping up after its first the forthcoming launch of our brand- outsourcing? year. new website. The new site looks gorgeous and will allow us to bring you lots more Broken, divisive and coverage of the issues that matter to you, FDA Learn 11 demotivating 25 Neil Rider on award-winning learning much more quickly – as well as online What FDA members think of the Senior work in Scotland and the new civil access to everything in PSM. I can’t wait. Civil Service pay system. service Competency Framework. Published by FDA Elizabeth House, 39 York Road, London SE1 7NQ Meet the FDA 12 Books 26 T: 020 7401 5555 | www.fda.org.uk | [email protected] Sophie Raworth on new thinking about Introducing new Assistant General Acting Editor – Craig Ryan economics. Secretary Amy Leversidge, and Office T: 01453 828888 | [email protected] Richard Askwith’s take on shaking up and Systems Manager Esther Farnese. Staff writers – Tommy Newell, Matt Foster Westminster. T: 020 7401 5588 | [email protected] Plus our selection of the season’s best On your case 12 Design – Chapman Design other reads. T: 01273 236932 | [email protected] How FDA support helped one member to cope with a debilitating health Advertising – Simon Briant Members’ small ads 28 SDB Marketing condition at work. T: 01273 594455 | [email protected] Crossword 29 Printers – Captiv8 UK Ltd Opinion 14 T: 01892 611500 www.captiv8uk.co.uk Robert Hazell on making the most FDA 100 30 All articles © Public Service Magazine 2018 or the author. of Whitehall’s non-execs. Plus Dave Union President Gareth Hills outlines Contents may not be reproduced without permission. Writers’ views are not necessarily those of Public Service Magazine or Penman on civil service pay. plans for the FDA’s centenary in 2019. the FDA. ISSN: 1460-8936 Public Service Magazine Spring 2018 3 News Share your news with us at [email protected] Impartiality Brexit Minister forced to apologise for undermining civil service Brexit Minister Steve Baker (pictured) has “cowardly actions” were “beneath the been forced to apologise for undermining office he holds” and risked “seriously the civil service and failing to challenge undermining the Government he is a part unfounded conspiracy theories in the of”. House of Commons. After Grant himself came forward to In what FDA General Secretary Dave challenge the claims and audio of the Penman described as an “extraordinary conversation was made available, Baker scene”, Baker told the Commons on 30 was forced to return to the dispatch box January he did not believe the analysis of to “correct the record”. his own department because he thought Apologising to the House, Baker civil service forecasts are “always conceded that he “should have corrected wrong”. or dismissed” Rees-Mogg’s assertion His comments came after leaked that Treasury officials were fiddling forecasts produced by the Department figures, and stressed that he “has the for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) highest regard for our hardworking civil suggested that the UK’s economy would servants”. be worse off in every scenario after Brexit. Despite Baker’s apology, Rees-Mogg Baker suggested that the document continued to voice his complaints, was “an attempt to undermine our exit that all options other than staying in prompting a sharp rebuke from FDA from the European Union”, describing the customs union were bad, and that General Secretary Dave Penman, who it as “a selective interpretation of a officials intended to use this to influence appeared on BBC’s Newsnight to urge the preliminary analysis”. policy”. MP to “put up or shut up” and produce Penman criticised Baker’s comments, Rees-Mogg’s accusations were based evidence for his claims. claiming that they “not only insult the on a conversation that had supposedly Penman added: “His refusal to dedicated professionals working in his taken place between Baker and Charles apologise to Parliament for repeating an department and across the civil service Grant, director of the Centre for European unfounded rumour [...] followed by his but epitomise the current state of affairs Reform think tank, and Baker agreed reiteration of the claims today, is clear in government”. they were “essentially correct”. evidence that he’s prepared to sacrifice He added: “How can civil servants in In a robust defence of civil service anyone or anything on the altar of his Mr Baker’s department, who are working impartiality, Penman described Baker’s own ideology. harder than ever before, now have failure to challenge Rees-Mogg as Following the FDA’s interventions, a confidence in a minister who stands at “the height of irresponsibility from a number of senior ministers spoke up in the despatch box and openly questions serving minister” and warned that his favour of civil service impartiality, with their professionalism? The real question, Home Secretary Amber Rudd saying however, is how can a minister prepared “How can civil servants in she had “complete confidence” in the to undermine the Government he serves Mr Baker’s department, officials. retain the confidence of the Prime who are working harder Rudd added: “We are envied the world Minister?” than ever before, now have over for the high standards of our civil Just two days later, Baker faced a confidence in a minister who servants, and I would say now more than further backlash after failing to challenge stands at the despatch box ever that we need to make sure that we claims by fellow Conservative MP Jacob and openly questions their attract the best into our civil service to Rees-Mogg that Treasury officials had professionalism?" take on what is an enormous challenge in “deliberately developed a model to show Dave Penman terms of leaving the EU.” 4 Public Service Magazine Spring 2018 News FDA in the news March Following a Newsnight investigation into bullying and harassment in Westminster, FDA General Secretary Dave Penman called for “radical reform” to protect staff working in the House of Commons. Downing St 'concern' at MP bullying claims BBC NEWS The following evening, FDA Assistant General Secretary Amy Leversidge Obituary appeared live on BBC Newsnight and argued for the introduction of a “truly independent system” to tackle Remembering Paul Jenkins: harassment and bullying. Penman then published a blog post ‘the best of public service’ on HuffPost UK with a more detailed response, cautioning that, as the media Sir Paul Jenkins – the outspoken former Sir Paul retired from the civil service was focusing on the individuals named Treasury Solicitor and Head of the in 2014, but the child of two public in Newsnight’s investigation, there was Government Legal Department – died servants found it difficult to leave a “real danger” the story could move on on 26 February, aged 63. completely. When taking up what without meaningful reform. Called to the Bar in 1977, Sir Paul would become his final position as If politicians are serious about cracking joined the civil service two years later Master Treasurer at Middle Temple – a down on bullying, here's what needs to and remained for 37 years, rising to professional society for barristers – he be done the role of Treasury Solicitor in 2006. needed a coat of arms with a motto. In HUFFPOST UK He was also a Civil Service Diversity one of his last interviews, he told Civil Penman “cautiously welcomed” the Champion and the first leader of the Service World that he would eschew House of Commons Commission’s Government Legal Department (GLD), the traditional Latin, instead opting for decision to launch an independent and was an undeniably passionate ‘Speak truth unto power’.
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