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Carole Mundell is the first departmental science adviser to be appointed since Patrick Vallance became government chief scientific adviser in April

Perm sec Jonathan Slater has instructed his head statistician to work with DfE's comms and policy teams to ensure its stats “meet the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality and value”

Government reversed plan to disclose civil service pay figure to unions before announcement amid fear of leaks, court hears

Fraud is estimated to cost the UK government £73.6m per year

Education secretary Damian Hinds has been rapped by the government's statistics watchdog over a string of claims about school funding and performance.

Cisco's Dominic Elliott shows how global organisations can embrace the benefits of SD-WAN without adding complexity

Haldane's appointment "will give the council authority and independence", business secretary Greg Clark said

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

Consultation analysis underscores weight of organised opposition to Cameron-era proposals ditched by May regime

The Institute for Apprenticeships was 'playing catch-up for the mistakes the department made before it was created', MPs said

Champions who make a difference to staff and service users saluted at Whitehall ceremony

Norman Strauss recently argued in CSW that there was a need to create a new ministry for the opposition to help change the civil service and share its expertise more widely across society. In this response, Catherine Haddon, a senior fellow and resident historian at the Institute for Government, sets out why she thinks such a proposal is flawed

Teachers’ groups say the DfE's claim the UK is among the world's top spenders on education disguises funding cuts

“We have always said the timeline for implementing the Customs Declaration Service is tight," a spokesperson said

Institute for Government call follows Matt Hancock’s Conservative Party conference pledge of an extra £240m

The 2017 Commercial Award went to a team who supported "22 feisty local authorities" to reduce waste through innovative technology and collaborative working. Naomi Larsson finds out more

How can government make the most of AI? Hugo D’Ulisse of SAS argues for more clarity and planning

Relaxation of local-authority borrowing rules projected to add billions to official figures

The Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Inquiry shows what can happen when these values are undermined, writes the FDA chief

Department “cheated police officers out of the pay increase they should receive” says Police Federation chairman 

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