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Health secretary Matt Hancock throws weight behind pensions-style system to provide funding boost

Government’s project delivery chief on how departments and the Treasury are working to improve approval of major schemes ahead of 2019 review

The civil service values two types of knowledge, writes former senior civil servant Andrew Greenway, and understanding of policy is trumped by the skill of navigating Whitehall itself

A Spending Review offers a chance to re-examine projects and plans from the last four years – and to lay the groundwork for the next round of schemes. Government project chief Tony Meggs tells Richard Johnstone how the Infrastructure and Projects Authority will use the process to help drive improvement

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

A wide-ranging change to how government recruits for roles is being introduced across government. Whitehall’s chief people officer Rupert McNeil and other experts speak to CSW about what the move to success profiles will mean

The 2016 Chilcot Report exposed some of Whitehall’s biggest weaknesses – the silos and hierarchies that lead to bad decisions. Two years on, the officials who led the civil service response from the MoD, Cabinet Office and Foreign Office tell Tamsin Rutter what’s happened since then

Select committee chair says either the crown representative system failed for Carillion or it has never worked at all

Senior Salaries Review plans to tackle pay anomalies in SCS pay would undermine coherence with delegated grades, says Cabinet Office minister David Lidington

Government also reveals that Cabinet Manual will need to be revised after Brexit

Sir David Normington says move will be vital to keep tabs on unskilled migrant workers and blasts government’s current immigration targets

The Public Accounts Committee described the department's understanding of armed forces spending as “inadequate”

Brexit will make 2019 Spending Review more challenging for government, according to IfG

Umbrella trade union body said former Brexit minister Steve Baker’s attacks on civil servants from the dispatch box represented “a new low”

Transport select committee report warns it is unclear if planned new partnership for the intercity line can overcome “systemic difficulties”

Initial planning was “optimistic”, resulting in missed milestones, report finds

£48m from the Life Chances Fund will help raise funds for social projects

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Tax agency loses tribunal over employment status of top-flight match officials

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

Report says watchdog Ofsted’s approach must be reviewed after 52% real-terms funding cuts prompt ‘narrow focus’ on cost of inspection

Union says equivalent to Scottish Government investigation into Alex Salmond couldn’t happen in Whitehall

Former Charity Commission boss Paula Sussex set to join non-departmental public body

National Audit Office says decision to establish single provider has caused expensive backlogs and increased staff costs by 17%