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Reducing sickness absence is a vital task for leaders, and it must start with some difficult conversations if real progress is to be made 

Watchdog cites failure to get Treasury agreement for scheme's lifetime funding as contributing factor to the cancellation of a £100m competition

The chief executive of the Crown Commercial Service has told the Public Accounts Committee that he would rather “take time to build a model that endures” than rush to increase the volume of services bought through and by his centralised procurement team

Prospect says David Davis’ reflections on civil service resourcing sought to “invoke the Blitz spirit” but ignore history

Worrying projections about our “unsustainable” public finances mean the rhetoric around decentralisation must now become a reality

Gordon Brown's former strategy chief and easyJet CEO among additions to new department's board 

Brexit secretary insists claims Whitehall doesn’t have the resourcing to cope with leaving the European Union are driven by officials keen to increase their departmental budgets​

Rob Behrens tells MPs that office relocation and merged operations with local government counterpart can fund investment in complaints handlers

Data analysis must no longer be seen as role for policy professionals, says top civil servant, but as the "life blood of operational decision making"

Civil service disability champion Philip Rutnam says a new best practice guide will help drive up the standards of workplace adjustments across government

Government's spending watchdog warns that increases in health spending and pressures of an ageing population mean more budget cuts or tax rises will be needed to balance public finances

Minister Ben Gummer says his department is working with the Civil Service Commission to unwind coalition-era reforms – but questions remain over fate of staff already brought into government

"No deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain," says prime minister in major Chatham House address

Joshua Chambers has travelled the world meeting government innovators. Here, he shares some of their secrets.

Number of deputy directors also set to fall from 116 to 80, according to the HSJ

Comes after supplier Concentrix "consistently failed to achieve more than half of its performance targets" during first year of its tax credit checks contract

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Having cut the calendar of major fiscal events from two a year to just one, chancellor Philip Hammond must now use his extra time and energy to add some grit to the tax policymaking process

More pre-Budget consultation, the creation of a new Cabinet committee, and a tougher stance from Treasury perm secs feature on think tanks' wish list

Parliament must be given a say on "hugely complex task", says the Exiting the European Union Committee

Treasury Committee, chaired by Andrew Tyrie (pictured), questions tax authority's plans to make businesses keep digital records and produce quarterly updates

Labour calls for opening up of “narrow, closed circle” at the top of Whitehall by including new Department for International Trade chief

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Public Accounts Committee warns councils and refugees are confused by responsibilities and entitlements