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Ex-immigration and enforcement chief Amanda Campbell takes up post as troubled watchdog’s chief executive officer 

As fresh Office for National Statistics data shines a light on headcount, salary and diversity within the civil service, CSW's Jim Dunton analyses the key findings

New deputy director for international trade to lead a team promoting UK's transport industry in a post-Brexit world

Annual resource bulletin claims fall down to “bedding in” of Levene Reforms

Think-tank raises eyebrow at PM’s capacity to turn her Conservative Party Conference pledges into reality against backdrop of further belt-tightening and Brexit uncertainty

New ONS stats show 8% rise in female representation at SCS level since 2008

New home for the digital team is 10 minutes from the City of London

Susan Acland-Hood on the move as courts service presses ahead with digital shake-up

Exclusive: David Cameron’s former policy guru tells CSW that Brexit negotiations will be like a “multi-dimensional game of chess” and officials must co-ordinate analysis work to make sure British politicians have upper hand

The prime minister has promised a bill to repatriate EU law to the UK. But, writes George Peretz QC of Monckton Chambers, there is a serious risk that swathes of legislation, drafted in a hurry by overworked civil servants, will be waived through without proper parliamentary scrutiny

The EA’s gender champion and executive director of evidence shares her thoughts on why switching sectors or retraining is nothing to be afraid of

Peter Lawson and Samantha Ulyatt to take up post in the coming weeks

Centre, which aims to bring together the UK government's cyber security expertise, will reportedly be based in Victoria

New review of the way the ONS develops its methodology calls for a board-level Innovation Champion

Civil service-wide staff survey "will directly influence real and observable change", vows cabinet secretary

George Osborne's successor at the Treasury says his fiscal approach will involve "recognising the need for investment"

If government were to explore how UK tax policies impact on developing countries, it is entirely possible that it would identify ‘win-win’ situations, says Richard Gledhill of the Independent Commission on Aid Impact

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

The Institute for Fiscal Studies, the Institute for Government, and the Chartered Institute of Taxation say the UK's tax system suffers from "too little sense of direction, consultation or evaluation"

Tax authority defends decision to axe tax credits contract as 150 temporary staff face last day at work

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development says collaboration deal will “professionalise and upskill” human-resources staff against the backdrop of Brexit

Application window opens for 2017 recruitment programme targeting more candidates from working-class backgrounds

IfG says civil service is responding quickly to prepare for Brexit — but warns that ministerial conflict and uncertainty over the process could undermine this work

Civil service chief executive says final, revised offer to trade unions on redundancy pay cuts will "simplify the exit process, while treating our employees respectfully and fairly"