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Many internationally lauded ideas for improving how government work have come from the UK – but even when they are copied many in the civil service view central reforming units like the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit to the Government Digital Service as irritants. This should change, says Andrew Greenway

Newly updated policy implements a pipeline model which could make it easier for departments to self-approve 'business-as-usual' spending

Philip Rutnam organising inquiry into Windrush leaks, Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden reveals to PACAC

BT's Mike Pannell on why any organisation that holds personal data should have a compliance strategy in place 

Government’s chief trade negotiation adviser brings together officials from 11 departments

Senior Home Office civil servant in charge of migration under pressure over Rudd resignation

Cabinet Office's annual figures show four-fold increase for Brexit department

Windrush scandal turns spotlight on numbers shortfall with high-fliers programme

There can often be a daunting space between policy development and delivery in government – a space where policy ideas can be undermined as they move from one team to another. Here are Infrastructure and Projects Authority chief executive Tony Meggs’s top tips for closing it

Research from Dods ranks the performance of 29 of the government’s biggest IT suppliers

Unusual intervention from cabinet secretary comes as government chief whip and prime minister’s chief of staff also move to defend Robbins

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

First BAME home secretary announced following leaks from Home Office that led to Rudd resigning

Treasury select committee chair calls for assurances that the error will not be repeated as HMRC undertakes internal investigation

NHS bosses say Indian doctors are being denied visas to work in the UK because of ‘hostile environment’

Plan for 2018-19 to focus on four themes, including creating a strong, new relationship with Europe after Brexit

PAC calls for review of rail franchising model but department hits back at “unbalanced” report

Study shows number of women holding board positions in UK public sector has increased from 27% in 2015 to 43% in 2018

Shaun McNally is responsible for delivery in an area that has seen some of government’s most controversial reforms. The Legal Aid Agency’s chief executive tells Tamsin Rutter about reform and details his own career journey through the courts

Report by former health minister comes as Jeremy Hunt’s call for a long-term settlement for the NHS gains traction

Amber Rudd forced to admit use of targets after she and top official yesterday denied their existence  

Government officials reported to have suggested that those applying for the right to remain in the UK could borrow a friend’s Android device

Auditor general tells MPs government does not have capacity “to do anything but outsource” services across a host of areas

Treasury Committee chair seeks assurances on tax agency’s “approach to international cooperation in the fight against economic crime”