As the spending review rolls on, cross-departmental working seems to be on the agenda at the Treasury. Suzannah Brecknell reports.

The Cabinet Office has always played a key role in coordinating government and developing the civil service. Matt Ross finds that, as the home of the deputy prime minister and the efficiency agenda, it is becoming more powerful still.

This week’s interviewee is a practice manager, responsible for the business and operational management of a major GP partnership

With public service reform in the spotlight Bernard Jenkin, new chair of the public administration select committee, tells Suzannah Brecknell it’s an exciting time to be scrutinising the “process of good and efficient governance”

As a minister, David Blunkett was keen to reform the civil service. But now, he tells Matt Ross, much of the public sector faces an existential threat: a danger of destruction at the hands of its own government

In seeking savings, civil servants are being asked to work with people outside their department – and even outside government. Suzannah Brecknell reports on new research that suggests they’re not fully persuaded.

Peter Riddell is one of Britain’s best-known journalists, a political commentator with 40 years’ experience. He tells Matt Ross how the civil service has improved, where it’s missed opportunities – and what happens next

This week’s interviewee works as a learning support assistant in a large city comprehensive school

Though the skills have existed for years, knowledge and information management has only recently coalesced as a profession. Suzannah Brecknell talks to KIM head Oliver Morley about the data revolution being driven by IT 

We haven’t had a coalition government in Westminster since the 1940s – but Scottish civil servants have almost ten years of recent experience in working for a coalition. Joshua Chambers went to Holyrood to pick their brains

The number of data breaches in the NHS has increased in the last year, despite a previous call by the Information Commissioner for the service to tackle security breaches.

This week’s interviewee works in the child protection unit of a city council, and has nine years’ experience as a social worker

The Olympic Games construction project is constantly being scrutinised – not only by the media, but also by large numbers of stakeholders. Joshua Chambers talks to the man under the spotlight: ODA chairman John Armitt

The Tribunals Service has increased productivity while facing an increased workload – and it’s done so without the help of external consultants. Its boss Kevin Sadler tells Joshua Chambers about his in-house efficiency team

The new National Security Council will draw a range of departments into crucial decisions on security. Matt Ross reports on the coalition’s attempt to win cross-government consensus in a complex and unpredictable world.

What does the list of the 172 highest-earning public servants tell us about the upper echelons of government? Suzannah Brecknell reports.

This week’s interviewee is a GP with more than 20 years’ experience as a partner in an urban practice

Martha Lane Fox, the government’s online access tsar, got a shock last week when No 10 axed her planned digital services unit. But she’s already busy trying to catch people’s interest in web access, she tells Anthony Alexander

While civil service salaries come under pressure, the government has announced a bold legislative programme. Joshua Chambers picks out the key bills which will affect officials’ work – including the plans for welfare reform.

The UK's untidy system of public procurement is costing us millions, the NAO's Keith Davis tells Matt Ross; only a radical shake-up will ensure that cash is spent in a way that gets the best possible deal for the public purse.

The Civil Service Benevolent Fund has been helping civil servants for more than 120 years. But its chief executive tells Matt Ross that as demand for its services increases, the organisation is facing a painful resource squeeze.

Following in the footsteps of local government, Whitehall is set to accelerate the outsourcing of services and functions. Stuart Watson monitors progress – and looks for lessons in some major recent outsourcing programmes.

From their standpoint outside government, some of Britain’s top professional bodies talk of the priorities for their colleagues in the civil service – and their fears that the professionalisation agenda will come under pressure in future.

The Civil Service Benevolent Fund has been helping civil servants for more than 120 years. But its chief executive tells Matt Ross that as demand for its services increases, the organisation is facing a painful resource squeeze