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Government has made significant inroads with digital transformation but needs strong leadership and governance to unlock true opportunity. Sopra Steria’s Director for Central Government, Tom McCann, sits down with Civil Service World.

Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party has new-found influence in Westminster now its 10 MPs look likely to prop up the Conservative minority government. Here are some its key policies of interest to the public sector.

Further appointments expected through weekend and next week

Former civil service head predicts polls drubbing will take “austerity” off the political agenda

Former cabinet secretary says “wheeler-dealer” nature of minority government is likely to sideline Whitehall expertise, and predicts shelving of some Brexit groundwork 

EU negotiating chief says talks will now commence when “UK is ready”

Ten ministers lose seats as Conservatives forced to form minority government

Restructure sees BT adopt CIO-to-CIO approach to better engage with customers

Pan-Whitehall campaign seeks 70 new analysts, with Defra earmarked for biggest intake

Recording the extent of Whitehall's long-hours culture is the first step to a better deal for civil servants

Former Treasury economist Sir David Norgrove is no stranger to number crunching and dealing with tough politicians. Now the new chair of the UK Statistics Authority tells Jim Dunton about the challenges ahead for the statistics watchdog, and what he thinks Thatcher would have made of Brexit

BT looks at turning points within the UK defence sector, the evolving nature of warfare and how new cyber-attacks pose new questions for our national defence

Bill Holford explores how big data is changing modern warfare, and argues for a defence big data strategy to ensure we are making the most of the opportunities ahead

Unusual move was approved by civil service ethics chief, Cabinet Office confirms

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn cross country on last day of campaigning

Drive to boost digital public services needs renewed political leadership after the election, says think tank

Proposal would create a network comprising nine trade commissioners across the world to drum up business for the UK after Brexit

Martin Stanley recalls his own shift into the world of watchdogs and introduces his new ‘Understanding Regulation’ website

PCS expresses concern that contracts forming part of the tax department’s controversial regional hub scheme were signed in the pre-election period

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

Institute for Government data crunch highlights discrimination issues and “stalled” progress on boosting Senior Civil Service’s BAME numbers

MPs and centre users back call to save one of 78 threatened offices

Department's director general for policy and global programmes Nick Dyer will step up to top job

Mind says higher stress levels, including in central government, lead to three times the number of sick days due to mental health compared to private sector