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The Civil Service

'We aim to provide high-quality advice and support to the Government and help deliver world-class public services, while consistently applying our core values of honesty, objectivity, integrity and impartiality.'

Sir Gus O'Donnell
Head of the Home Civil Service

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The Civil Service has become too politicised and is no longer independent.

False

Impartiality has been a core value of the Civil Service for more than 100 years. The importance of impartiality to today’s Civil Service is set out very clearly in the Civil Service Code.

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New compensation terms agreed

After 18 months of discussions, the Cabinet Office has reached agreement with five Civil Service unions about reforming the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.

Full details about the new terms are available in the pensions section

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    Data.gov.uk

    A major new website has been launched to the public which gives anyone who wants to use it unprecedented and free access to government data in one place.

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    People Survey results

    Results from the People Survey, the first cross-Civil Service attitude survey, are being shared with departments and teams from today.  The overall results from the survey are available on this site.

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