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Sir David Normington says move will be vital to keep tabs on unskilled migrant workers and blasts government’s current immigration targets

The Public Accounts Committee described the department's understanding of armed forces spending as “inadequate”

Brexit will make 2019 Spending Review more challenging for government, according to IfG

Umbrella trade union body said former Brexit minister Steve Baker’s attacks on civil servants from the dispatch box represented “a new low”

Transport select committee report warns it is unclear if planned new partnership for the intercity line can overcome “systemic difficulties”

Initial planning was “optimistic”, resulting in missed milestones, report finds

£48m from the Life Chances Fund will help raise funds for social projects

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Tax agency loses tribunal over employment status of top-flight match officials

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Report says watchdog Ofsted’s approach must be reviewed after 52% real-terms funding cuts prompt ‘narrow focus’ on cost of inspection

Union says equivalent to Scottish Government investigation into Alex Salmond couldn’t happen in Whitehall

Former Charity Commission boss Paula Sussex set to join non-departmental public body

National Audit Office says decision to establish single provider has caused expensive backlogs and increased staff costs by 17%

New research indicates the civil service risks losing its most digitally-skilled people, but it doesn’t have to be that way

Paparazzi shot hints at Whitehall’s ‘Operation Yellowhammer’ contingency planning

FDA union accuses home secretary of 'ducking responsibility' after police pledge

Resolution Foundation says much-criticised reform now faces most difficult stage and government needs to work to ensure take up

Treasury’s lack of understanding of the overall impact on public finances hinders government response, according to NAO

Judges eject Sheffield based official Luke Thompson from the show following cake challenges

Mervyn King says that EU has been more united representing 27 countries than the UK government has representing only one

Long-serving digital government professional departing at the end of the month to pursue new opportunities

Move follows departments launch of a mental health support package for its civil servants

Freedom of Information reveals staff churn continues at key Brexit department