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Commission chaired by former civil service head blasts government’s approach to economic development and calls for new £10bn-a-year fund

Parliamentary committee voices ‘serious concerns’, including use of a digital-only system and numerous technical problems

Digital director will lead "transition away from legacy technology", NCA says

Minister says there are "few specialists able to provide the required skills" within the civil service

DfID in the firing line as candidates seek to win support for leadership bids

BT presents the The Cloud Industry Forum's latest research, which explores how prepared enterprises are for the disruption from cloud 

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

In the latest of our series about civil service leavers, we meet former diplomat Lynda Burns who is retraining as a teacher through the NowTeach scheme 

A vivid account by a meritocratic polymath, Lord Levene’s memoirs leave Peter Hennessy pondering why peacetime Britain produces so few ‘fixers’ of his calibre

NAO head says the department failed to protect innocent students in 2014 English test cheating scandal

May will step down as Conservative leader on 7 June, but will remain head of government until a new leader is in place

Home secretary Sajid Javid has written to Migration Advisory Committee asking them to justify plans for salary bar

Analysis comes as cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom resigns over Theresa May’s revised EU exit plan

Lovegrove tells MPs contractors can use Whitehall site for parliament refurb 

Registered pharmacies will be allowed to sell straws to people who need them for medical purposes after concern from disability rights groups

PAC questions whether apprenticeships on offer are the “best use of the available funding in terms of adding genuine value to the economy”

PM sets out measures intended to get MPs to back Brexit deal, including vow to complete work on "alternative arrangements" to the controversial Irish backstop by the end of 2020

As the Smiths legend turns 60, Civil Service World looks back to Morrissey’s time on the government paybill

Government must learn the lessons of its bruising parliamentary experiences if it is to deliver on its plans to leave the EU

In this infographic guide, BT's cloud experts provide the invaluable insight you need to overcome the challenges of the cloud and reap the rewards on offer

Job spec states that the candidate will be required to lead the shift from a policy department to a greater operational focus

Since 2008 departments have been required to report data breaches every year. In this exclusive research, SA Mathieson digs through the numbers to uncover government's biggest security challenges

Minister reveals cost of building online service

Department says Future Recruiting Programme will improve on “overly complex” predecessor scheme