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Sir Jeremy Heywood reflects on his civil service career as he announces he is to step down as Cabinet secretary to focus on his treatment for cancer

Sir Mark Sedwill named as Heywood’s replacement, taking on the roles of cabinet secretary and head of the civil service

How effective departments' contingency planning for no-deal will be 'remains to be seen', NAO says

Stephi Brett-Lee is head of internal communications at the Department for Work and Pensions and the youngest deputy director in the department. In the first of a new series profiling up-and-coming leaders across government, Beckie Smith caught up with her to discuss what leadership means in today’s civil service

Ending austerity in next week's Budget is a 'seemingly impossible task' for the chancellor, the Resolution Foundation said

Customs brokers are worried about whether they will be able to meet extra demand in a no-deal scenario

'If the chancellor wants to keep his excellent civil service, he cannot keep this restraint on public sector pay'

Each year the Civil Service Awards celebrates a team or individual who has made excellent use of evidence to support policy or decision making - but what is the government doing to improve the way government as a whole uses different forms of evidence? Mark Smulian finds out more about the newly-formed analysis function 

Civil servants need to go "back to basics" on spending and record keeping, watchdog says

National Cyber Security Centre annual report reveals it has dealt with 1,100 cyber attacks in its first two years

PA Consulting offers a four-point plan to delivering organisational transformation

With the annual worldwide cost of cybercrime set to double from $3tn in 2015 to $6tn by 2021, BT offers advice on how chief information security officers can better protect their organisations

Penelope Endersby becomes agency’s first female boss seven months after Rob Varley quits

Report comes as prime minister prepares to tell MPs that 95% of EU withdrawal agreement is in place, but Irish border issue remains

'Mismatches in volumes and available staffing will impair our ability to clear work,' Neil Couling told MPs

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

Ensuring staff are equipped to deak with huge workload is also an 'anxiety', says Clare Moriarty 

New hiring and promotion framework based on questionable premise says former MoD, DETR and DWP chief

Permanent secretary Jon Thompson shares the figures as senior officials tell committee they can’t guarantee no-deal would go smoothly 

Department for Work and Pensions details plans to fix historic Employment and Support Allowance underpayments

EU summit concludes Brexit deal unlikely to be signed off next month as negotiations continue

Department call matched by new NHS Digital framework on data and technology standards

The newest profession in the Government Communication Service focuses on improving the way government talks directly to key stakeholders. Jonathan Owen speaks to members of the new External Affairs Forum to find out more

Oliver Dowden says that it is part of the job of officials to raise problems with policy plans