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May cautioned there would be 'no return to the uncontrolled borrowing of the past'

New digital services will help Defra protect against environmental hazards and improve communication, it said

Whittington will start as director general, energy and security at BEIS on Friday

Ian Ackerley left the world of commercial banking to join NS&I as its chief executive last year. He speaks to Jonathan Owen about the need to turn Britain from being a nation of spenders to a nation of savers

Raab rejected "lurid predictions" about the negative consequences of leaving the EU without a deal

White paper expected later this year to set out details of plan to end free movement of people once the UK leaves the European Union

“We may need to do more to ensure that the levy supports the development of the skilled workforce our economy needs,” chancellor Philip Hammond said

HMRC has been at the forefront of the government’s smarter working agenda, and is attempting to change the culture across one of government’s biggest organisations. There are lessons for other departments in the progress so far, says Luke Heselwood

Senior shadow cabinet figure Andrew Gwynne revealed his concerns about central government to deliver Labour’s policy platform

BT customers to benefit from improved visibility and management of their hybrid networking infrastructure

Former cabinet secretary Lord Andrew Turnbull shares his reflections, and a lunch, with Suzannah Brecknell

But think tank warns the needs of staff rather than new technology should drive change

Appointments watchdog imposes bespoke Brexit ban on his activities at consultancy

Outsourcing firm now owns 75% of flagship 'mutual' civil service pensions administrator

The review was "completely silent" on how the civil service deals with complaints against minister, Amy Leversidge said.

Hodge's constitutent Sarah O'Connor, who died this week, was "treated appallingly by the Home Office", she wrote

Mayank Prakash, who was named CIO of the year in 2016, set to return to the private sector

Labour calls on business secretary Greg Clark to take action

Shadow chancellor plans new Whitehall unit to develop plans for public and community ownership

Account intended to make top leadership more visible and make civil servants feel #proud

When it comes to digital transformation, you want your organisation to lead from the front

Less than half of the civil servants who replied to the survey felt appropriate action was taken when bullying had taken place

Hillier also said project delivery skills should be valued more highly within civil service job structures

The civil service has many skills but finds itself resistant to change. It needs to disseminate itself more widely across society – and a new ministry for the opposition could do it, according to Margaret Thatcher’s former policy advisor Norman Strauss