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In our January issue, CSW asks experts to give their thoughts on the new government’s policy priorities. In this entry, Darren Shirley of Campaign for Better Transport looks at what Conservative pledges mean for connectivity

BEIS secretary Andrea Leadsom says departments across government have worked to agree the deal in an incredibly short timeframe

Chief inspector says critical shortage of probation officers means service is ‘not performing to its full capability’

Two-time minister Liam Fox says government should go ahead with DfID-FCO merger, but DIT should be saved

Civil service chief commends officials for work in last three years as ministers return in Northern Ireland

In our January issue, CSW asks experts to give their thoughts on the new government’s policy priorities. In this first entry, Andrew Mitchell MP sets out why the government must keep the Department for International Development in the looming machinery of government changes

Returning ministers also urge UK and Irish government to make cash commitment to boost public services

Sir Patrick Vallance also said he wanted half of all fast streamers to have science backgrounds

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

Civil service needs to be persuaded to change because they are the vehicle for delivery of public services, says former Blair adviser Jonathan Powell

Work to oversee the nation’s woodlands has changed a lot over the past century. PK Khaira-Creswell looks at how non-ministerial government department the Forestry Commission marked its centenary

Officials failed to learn lessons as cost of projects rockets by 115%, NAO says

Evaluation underway after warnings that contract with operator Arriva may collapse within months

How can local authorities and government departments ensure that civil servants are able to fulfil their potential in times of increasingly squeezed budgets? Arvato explains 

Commitments based on wide-ranging review of ‘what it feels like for colleagues to work in HMRC, and how to make it better’

'Tough decisions' needed to support Budget, prime minister tells ministers

Madeleine Alessandri "embodies the very best that the civil service has to offer", Sir Mark Sedwill says

Talks come after von der Leyen has warned that the timetable leaves "very little time" to strike a deal

As 2020 approaches, senior figures from across government reflect on their highlights and challenges of 2019, look ahead to the next 12 months and share their favourite festive memories

As 2020 approaches, senior figures from across government reflect on their highlights and challenges of 2019, look ahead to the next 12 months and share their favourite festive memories

As 2020 approaches, senior figures from across government reflect on their highlights and challenges of 2019, look ahead to the next 12 months and share their favourite festive memories

Former head of the civil service warns PM’s adviser is risking 'completely unnecessary' war with Whitehall,

Lord Peter Ricketts says ‘no civil servant can handle a crisis of this magnitude without hands-on political direction’