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Foreign Office insists higher wage bill reflects an increase in staff numbers as well as the impact of currency fluctuation

UK’s chief negotiator tells MPs department is in ‘good homework mode’ as Liam Fox confirms 734 new hires since February

Number of parts moved between Navy vessels has increased by 50% in five years say auditors

Justice secretary asks officials to commence “post-implementation review” that was promised when reforms were introduced in 2012

David Davis says departments are preparing 300 Brexit-related programmes to be implemented with or without a deal

Bernadette Kelly asked by MPs to look into “possibility of fraud” over £1.7m made in unauthorised redundancy payments

DExEU confirms that 58 impact studies have been produced for sectors ranging from agriculture  to tourism, but refuses to publish them

Political climate makes further departmental spending cuts or higher taxes unlikely, report argues

Electronics and telecommunications expert Dr Mike Short named to post after six-month search

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

Former ambassador to EU warns MPs the UK faces talent and data imbalance against backdrop of Article 50 process

Baroness Stowell, Lord Heseltine, Baroness Warsi and Harriet Harman are the latest former minsters to look back on their time in Whitehall as part of the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect series. They reveal the good and the bad of the civil service

The head of the civil service was diagnosed in June and continued normal duties throughout treatment 

Appointments watchdog calls on departments to better coordinate their public appointments teams

National Audit Office warns shortage of key commercial and cost assurance experts could jeopardise £1.7bn savings target from non-competitive contracts

Civil service signs up to implement recommendations of a report to boost mental health support at work

MPs raise concerns about department’s attitude to science advice after learning its acting chief scientific advisor is an economist

HMRC chief says the organisation will present a ‘reprioritisation’ plan to ministers next year, and plans to hire more staff as Brexit workload increases

Science and Technology Committee to assess quality and extent of research used in government interventions and early-years policy

International development secretary and top officials insist department is pioneering transparency standards in government

Government will need to think about more than salary and pension offers for the workers of the future if it is to remain an employer of choice

Welsh Government “innovation directory” will pull together more timely big data and analysis for economists and policy makers

Steve Allen to leave government-owned company building new rail link after auditors slam unauthorised redundancy payments