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Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude hails £26m-a-year facility-time savings, but Labour's Lucy Powell goes on the attack

Over 105,000 troubled families have benefited from troubled families programme so far, according to new figures unveiled by communities secretary Eric Pickles

Work and Pensions Committee urges new regulator to stop people being 'ripped off' when changes come into force

General Sir Peter Wall says 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review assumed 'benign' world situation

PAC chair piles pressure on Rona Fairhead over HSBC tax affairs, but HMRC's Ed Trouper to appear at later date

Four new members appointed to Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Institute for Government urges greater focus on collaboration and long-term planning

Departmental budgets, the Highways Agency and Gus O'Donnell on the Queen's VE day plans make our regular round-up of Whitehall in the headlines

Think tank RUSI says UK unlikely to meet 2% Nato target

Public Administration Select Committee urges greater role for Cabinet Office in planning for the future and ending departmental duplication

Whitehall should be prepared to take responsibility for delivering programmes, says Troubled Families chief Louise Casey

George Osborne wants to sell the Government's stake in RBS "as quickly as we can" after the general election.

CSW asked Conservative MP and former children's minister Tim Loughton to appraise the UK civil service

MoD and NHS England handed fines over workers paid through service companies

Committee urges greater diversity in intelligence agencies

Attorney general's deputy legal secretary set to follow Michael Fuller in inspecting prosecutor's work

Former cabinet secretary warns too many politicians 'don't get' poverty

Independent Commission for Aid Impact says security and justice work lacks focus, but praises more targeted efforts in Malawi and Bangladesh

Colin Marrs talks to Peter Wilding, who moved from head of energy policy at HM Treasury to Treasury secondee in Cheshire West & Chester

Committee praises 'smooth' Electricity Market Reform roll-out process, but issues warning over coal plant subsidies 

Sale of 40% stake in continental rail link set to beat projection and raise more than £750m

Reports that Equiniti - 51% owners of joint mutual overseeing Whitehall pensions - being sized up for stock market debut or sale

Solent Gateway Limited named as MoD favourite to manage military port near Southampton