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Think tank urges next government to focus on finding “long term solution” to health and care funding pressures

Prime minister Theresa May can’t afford to shut herself off from good, impartial advice

Public sector CIOs may get below average salaries and bonuses, but they’re still among the happiest of IT leaders

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

Influential research institute says main parties’ policy proposals – including on public-sector pay – mask the real choices facing the nation and their consequences

Senior civil service has biggest range of average salaries of any grade across Whitehall, with Treasury chiefs paid least

Theresa May’s fledgling post-Brexit industrial strategy seeks to use government purchasing power to boost UK business if the Conservatives remain in power. Colin Marrs looks at historical precedents and future pointers.

UK Statistics Authority says NHS Improvement does not have to publish quarterly performance figures before general election

Party’s manifesto promises “an end to wasteful public spending programmes” and a drive to make HM Revenue and Customs crack down on big corporations’ late payments to small firms

Theresa May to urge US president Donald Trump to keep intelligence and security information secure

Academics at education think-tank say party’s ‘£60m’ pledge may cost between £200m and £400m

Release would "not assist the understanding of the processes of government", according to senior figures

Dan Corry, former special adviser and head of the charity think tank NPC, argues that the public and charity sectors must learn from each other as they face joint challenges of capacity, governance and transformation

World Wide Web Foundation, founded by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, releases the fourth edition of its Open Data Barometer

Terrorism threat level raised to critical after COBRA meeting

Two-thirds of charities who have contracts with the public sector need to use their own funds to deliver these contracts, according to think tank NPC

Former G-cloud director to leave current job at the Institute for Apprenticeships at the end of July

The launch event for Brexit Exchange in London highlighted key points for civil servants to keep in mind as the Brexit talks get serious

Manifesto U-turn comes after criticism of plan dubbed a "Dementia Tax" by their opponents.

Executive agency set to launch new directorate from the start of next month

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

Union says Theresa May’s vision ignores pay and retention issues that will hamper public sector’s ability to maximise the potential of Brexit

Former head of the Government Legal Department Sir Paul Jenkins says Whitehall needs better political guidance on Brexit priorities