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Review of the role of non-executives concludes that few Whitehall boards are working well

Cabinet Office has reportedly been monitoring the firm since last September amid fears for future

Though some politicians dismiss civil servants’ ability to get jobs “in the real world”, moving between sectors is more and more common. Tamsin Rutter takes a look at the data to find out where top officials go after leaving Whitehall

New deputy director will lead centralised team helping Whitehall manage the digital implications of leaving the EU while maintaining longer-term transformation goals

Cabinet secretary tells MPs Whitehall is looking at ways to reward civil servants who stay in their jobs for longer

Confirmation of the new ministerial portfolios following last week’s reshuffle reveals switch in ministerial responsibilities for public appointments

Public administration select committee announces new inquiry into risks of outsourcing following collapse of contractor Carillion

Cabinet Office records fall in civil service sickness absence but high proportion of sick days due to mental ill health

MPs urge government to scrap immigration target and introduce annual migration report

What can we expect from the Department for International Development’s new gender equality strategy, and how can other departments can learn from the plan to improve gender equality in the UK? Mark Rowe reports

David Lidington said it would not have been responsible for the government to bail out the firm that works on rail projects as well as managing prisons and providing school meals

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

Just five local authorities bid for cash from government infrastructure scheme designed to accelerate delivery of on-street power points

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

Promotion for current finance DG as Sir Robert Devereux prepares to retire later this month

Public Accounts Committee says that HMRC’s wide-ranging reform plans have been thrown into doubt by its extra Brexit workload

Select committee chair Frank Field told DWP that he could not guarantee the universal credit reports he has obtained will remain confidential 

Whitehall update on English devolution sets out details of devolved funding areas in 2016-17

The former DWP perm sec despairs at the speed of ministerial churn, but argues that there is a way to slow Westminster's revolving doors

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs strategy includes Whitehall ban on “single use” plastic forks, straws and bottles

Watchdog says department could have to pay nation’s least punctual train operator tens of millions of pounds a year because of changes to its contract requirements

Government claims 10-year plan to converge back office services will save millions of pounds