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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"

Microsoft's Adrian Alleyne takes a look at how the UK public sector can bridge the digital skills gap

Ed Balls, Jacqui Smith and Jack Straw are among the latest former ministers to lift the lid on their dealings with the civil service. Suzannah Brecknell reports

As the Cabinet Office makes its final offer to unions on planned reform of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, CSW's Matt Foster takes a detailed look at the key changes to redundancy terms

The FDA union argues that appointment of Cameron's former chief of staff Ed Llewellyn "undermines the principles of selection on merit"

Offer to unions on civil service redundancy shake-up could come as early as today, CSW understands, as Treasury sets out broader reform "framework"

GDS women's group convinces leadership that sanitary products are not a “luxury item”

Civil Service World's regular guide to the very best in Whitehallese

Public Accounts Committee says department is unable to evidence reforms' success and significant challenges remain

Stats show Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice, and Home Office hit by double-digit rises as overall number of demands declines

 “We have to be intolerant of the wrong behaviours and celebrate the right ones," says international trade perm sec, as he reflects on drive to achieve gender parity in the Department for Business

Interim chief stepping up to permanent role, as the agency in charge of government procurement oversees a shift in its funding model