Civil Service World

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Bestseller writer suggests 90% of staff backed Remain and urges them to quit if they cannot deliver the EU referendum result impartially

Department criticised by Public Accounts Committee for failures to improve careers advice and social mobility

The first woman to become a private secretary to the prime minister shares her recollections of Thatcher, the Treasury and the Next Steps Unit with Suzannah Brecknell. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer

Select committee chair accuses senior civil servants running reform of being in ‘La La Land’ as report says changes may never have intended benefits

Chief inspector of borders and immigration flags ‘inexplicable’ delays and batch-publication of reports

Move follows the earlier transfer of data policymakers

Carers' charter and carer’s passport launched across civil service

Automation has squeezed out the creatives that used to harbour in administrative grades – but this tacit subsidy programme has arguably simply shifted to large firms

Government employment is now at the highest level since March 2015

Confusion over deal offered to rebel MPs by Theresa May to avoid defeat on EU withdrawal legislation

Figures revealed in parliamentary answers show number and length of contracts for temporary workers in some departments