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Key aide to Boris Johnson has the “experience and leadership” to ensure the government’s housing targets are met, says communities secretary Greg Clark
Single Source Regulations Office chair Clive Tucker says there are “compelling reasons” to enhance his watchdog's authority over non-competitive military contracts
Resignation announcement comes ahead of the publication of the Taylor Review of the Youth Justice System
Civil Service People Survey delivery partner commends department’s bounce-back from morale doldrums
Prospect union identifies parts of government where temps and contractors account for more than a fifth of all staff spend – and warns of a structural reliance on non-salaried staff
National Audit Office investigation exposes trail of failings over £18.8m-a-year contract which saw consultancy make "incorrect and misleading representations" on overheads
HM Treasury’s John Kingman, Northern Ireland Office’s Malcolm McKibbin and Department for Communities and Local Government’s Louise Casey also receive top accolades
New chief executive and permanent secretary tells MPs that technology issues and new performance management regime are at the root of organisation’s problems
Hilary Spencer lined up as new head of the Government Equalities Office
PHE chief executive Duncan Selbie tells MPs of desire to return to cross-working model from “two reorganisations ago”
Lord Maude of Horsham’s request among appointments watchdog’s latest raft of transparency data
Independent recruitment regulator says campaign group’s league table was factually wrong and misdirected
Common Technology Service director details joined-up approach to handle “£8bn in contract exits”
Home Affairs Select Committee report contrasts staffing cuts with a 29% spike in asylum applications
Spending watchdog criticises Cabinet Office for oversight of plan to merge back office functions, as delays and lack of buy-in lops millions off savings target
Experts question the ability of Queen’s Speech centrepiece to deal with system's core problems
Just-published guide from the public spending watchdog says government needs sustained effort to bring commercial and contracting work up to scratch
Justice secretary Michael Gove says improvement board report highlights “broader problems” with the youth justice system
Interim chief Martin Jones has position made permanent
Unions welcomed Court of Appeal decision backing 2015 ruling that amendments to DfT's staff handbook were unlawful
New report calls on government to give better detail on city region power structures and spending
Energy secretary Amber Rudd leads tributes as former chief scientific advisor loses battle with stomach cancer
Social enterprise takes over reins of public sector development programme as government ends centrally-funded support
MPs demand tax agency improves “woefully inadequate” prosecutions record and says it should publish more straightforward details on the effectiveness of its work. But HMRC says it has been "relentless and strategic" in pursuing those who fail to pay their "fair share"
Civil service union PCS argues latest proposals do not take account of Land Registry's digital progress and could lead to a reduced capacity for statutory work
Home Affairs select committee demands department’s second permanent secretary returns to answer Border Force budget questions
Alliance for Useful Evidence project says incentives will be needed to ensure policy takes account of evidence
HMRC asks for access to the Panama Papers offshore leaks and vows to "relentlessly pursue" wrongdoing – but tax expert Richard Murphy says department "just hasn’t got the resources"
Malcolm McKibbin tells staff 17-month embargo on new hires is over, after around 3,000 staff quit service via Voluntary Exit Scheme
Statistics show the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s consular service took around half a million calls over the past 12 months, some of them far from genuine emergencies
Departments to spearhead use of HR metrics, and target apprenticeships and internships at working class kids, as Cabinet Office updates its diversity Talent Action Plan
Government Outcomes Lab being set up in partnership with Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government in a bid to assess the impact of outcome-based commissioning schemes
Bath and North East Somerset Council's Jo Farrar set to join Department for Communities and Local Government's senior management team
New data science projects given the go-ahead in this week’s Budget will give the nation richer and more precise economic figures, the Office for National Statistics has said
PAC report casts doubt on ability of beefed-up major projects watchdog to scrutinise government’s biggest schemes, and calls on Cabinet Office to explain how it will meet skills shortages needed for "transformation"