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National Audit Office finds £3.2bn training programme will "not be running at full capacity until 2019"

Security review calls for “comprehensive and comprehensible new law” to govern security agencies’ surveillance powers

Independent Commission for Aid Impact says DfID’s aid measurement focuses too much on short term financial results over long term ‘transformative change’

Cameron's new implementation taskforces are a welcome step if government wants to prioritise impact. But delivery remains an uphill struggle

National Audit Office report says department consulted carefully on Care Act, but sounds warning over whether local authorities will be able to cope with demand

Independent review into intelligence agencies' powers expected at 11am

Chancellor says "decision point" reached over government's stake in Royal Bank of Scotland

Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman sides with Tory backbenchers in row over waiving neutrality for machinery of government in the run-up to the EU vote

Chancellor to set out plans for perpetual surpluses and revival of Victorian-era debt commission

There’s plenty more austerity to come – but do plans for city devolution signal a brighter future?

Philip Hammond says campaigning to stay in a reformed Europe is "clear" government position

Report by the National Audit Office says the centre of government must do more to support departments struggling to manage the changing Whitehall workforce

Report by the National Audit Office says Home Office must improve its understanding of individual police forces, and how further funding cuts could impact service delivery

Simon Stevens calls for £22bn of savings as NHS Confederation warns health service under serious financial pressure

Former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell calls on new Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock to scrap a rule which means fast streamers must change jobs every six months

Official in charge of Scotland’s fair work agenda admits set-up of Scottish civil service keeps out applicants with criminal convictions

Civil Service World survey finds civil servants undecided over whether departments still make sense as services move online

Lord Kerslake, former head of the civil service, says it is "highly doubtful" government can secure like-for-like replacement of housing association properties sold off under new scheme

The civil service's failure to keep pace with the private sector on pay will only get worse if there's no change in policy. Whitehall must recognise the scale of the problem

Report by the National Audit Office says Department for Work and Pensions must get better at spotting potential problems with big schemes

As the debate about the benefits – or not – of HS2 rages on, Colin Marrs asks if there’s enough firm evidence to make an informed judgement on this controversial major project

FDA and PCS unions sound the alarm over proposals to end "six figure" public sector redundancy pay

Nick Pearce, director of the Institute for Public Policy Research and member of the Institute for Policy Research Advisory Board, explores the skills and priorities needed for successful Whitehall policymaking

Professor Timothy Richard Dafforn – entrepreneur in residence for synthetic biology – is named as new chief scientific adviser for BIS at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills