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Appointments watchdog ACOBA approves former PM’s request to work for electronic-payments company

As head of HM Courts and Tribunals Service, the Ministry of Justice executive agency that runs the judicial system in England and Wales, Susan Acland-Hood is overseeing wide-ranging reforms to the operation of courts across the country. She tells Richard Johnstone how the changes will improve access to justice

Digital director John Sheridan tells Civil Service World's sister publication PublicTechnology about changes not only to how the UK’s official archive operates, but to the very nature of archiving

Deputy governor Sam Woods says slow progress in negotiations risks banks triggering contingency plans

Institute for Government argues that European Court of Justice cannot provide a neutral voice

Prof Ian Boyd cancels decision to step down and pledges to stay on for “at least another year”

Hollywood has lessons for the long-running compensation scheme saga, but there's no guaranteed happy ending

Recent high-profile staff moves at the Department for Exiting the European Union have hit the headlines. Victoria Taylor, the FDA trade union’s national officer for DExEU and the Department for International Trade explains what is life is like on the inside of one of Whitehall’s most high-profile departments

John Manzoni announces programme’s improvement in Times ranking a year after diversity reforms were implemented

Chair of welfare review body says model could be applied to contentious government plans to revise European legislation without parliamentary scrutiny

National Cyber Security Centre marks first 12 months in existence by publishing report into threat landscape

Scottish Conservative leader calls on government to fulfil manifesto pledges to move “significant numbers” of civil servants out of Whitehall

Sir Jeremy Heywood releases survey as new leadership academy starts work helping civil servants manage change

Technology may never replace the need for human civil servants, but our panel of experts recognised a direction of travel. Colin Marrs reports from a CSW round table

Offer to ‘transform pay system’ of weather forecaster follows legal action from female employees earning £7,000 less than male colleagues

FDA warned that any 2018-19 pay increase ‘must be fully funded to have meaningful impact’ as Boris Johnson calls for staff cuts

Recent years has seen a rise in the number of academic blogs that analyse government plans. How can they help make better policy?

Appointment of new department chief follows Mark Lowcock’s departure to run UN humanitarian agency

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

Louise Casey, Tory backbenchers and PCS union raise fears over implementation plans

Launch of free trade think tank in the Foreign Office showed "astonishing lack of judgement in using official government buildings", says FDA

Civil servants have access to an unprecedented amount of data, but how can they better use it to improve citizen outcomes? Geoffrey Lyons reports on a recent round table discussion

DExEU, Cabinet Office, and Defra under fire for refusal to answer information requests

Government Property Unit releases numbers as Labour announces policy to nationalise private finance initiative contracts