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Watchdog says rapid timescale lacked “economic assessment of its implications”, ramping programme’s complexity and cost

CSW brings together memories and tributes from those who knew Lord Heywood over his 35 years as a civil servant

Jess Bowie and Suzannah Brecknell explore some of the many ways Lord Heywood touched and inspired those he worked with

Public Accounts Committee urges government to up its game for future deals

John Pullinger sits down with Mark Smulian to discuss sharing UK expertise globally, fake news and how data abundance changes policymaking

Cabinet Office minister’s letter to Senior Salaries Review Body calls for experts to set out the best way to realise "strategic shift” in SCS pay policy

Alan Singleton and Simon Bruno were fatally shot while undertaking a routine inspection on 22 November 1993

As part of our series profiling up-and-coming leaders in the civil service, Marsha Osivwemu, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’s natural environment portfolio head, tells Beckie Smith how she defied her own expectations to climb the ranks of central government and how she’s pulling up others behind her

Proposed new centre is intended to train future leaders across public services to address shared challenges faced by new bosses and boost innovation and cooperation

'Low achievement by prisons against inspectorate recommendations has been a feature at some of the prisons that have caused most concern', a spokesperson said.

Penny Mordaunt said the GEO's work would "broaden out" to ensure it supported women "at every stage of their lives".

Senior manager will develop data sharing tools and practices

Quantum computers will soon make some of our strongest encryption useless. And that's where quantum cryptography comes in

Outsourcing firms Capita, Serco and Sopra Steria to produce first three living wills for outsourced services within weeks, says Cabinet Office minister

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

Machinery of government change will see nomadic brief shift to Cabinet Office from April

Environment secretary set to stay on at department but report outlines scale of tasks ahead

PCS boss says members report lack of preparedness for cliff-edge exit from European Union in March

Talks on trade deal expected to be led by the Department for Exiting the European Union rather than the Department for International Trade

Now court documents have disclosed the backstory to this year’s pay guidance, civil service bosses need to rework their script, says the FDA general secretary

Fate of draft Brexit agreement in the balance after ministers resign

Brokenshire also lauds 2.2% hike in numbers of new homes

Government urged to boost life chances for youngsters battling adversity and save money at the same time

Full withdrawal agreement expected to be published today after cabinet meeting for ministers to review the plan