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Departments called on to be more open about policy challenges at five-year anniversary of the What Works Network

Unions set to raise issue of workload pressures with Defra secretary of state at first meeting since 2010

1,000 staff to transfer from collapsed outsourcing provider to new Whitehall-owned company to maintain work across 52 prisons

After three years as chief executive of the UK body for overseas cultural relations, Devane talks to Tamsin Rutter about its relationship with government, funding challenges and how Brexit has changed his priorities

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

Debate on how to deliver public services hears that the era of choice and competition may be coming to an end

Committee to investigate after government “flatly rejected” proposals to beef up the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

Fewer than 10% of Community Rehabilitation Companies qualify for offender-reduction rewards

Research into cognitive decline shows officials in higher grades remain sharper until they retire

These three resolutions will help civil servants prepare for the challenges and political uncertainty of 2018

The 12 people who promote the Civil Service Code tell us what attracted them to the role, and what they've learnt since joining the Commission

National Audit Office review flags skills gaps amid departments ‘unique’ dual role

Chief executive also said workforce restructuring will help reset the relationship between government and private sector, and civil servants and politicians

IfG Whitehall Monitor also highlighted the impact that ministerial turnover is having in policy delivery, including Brexit

Appointment is one of a number of posts announced in a reshuffle of top roles in the Northern Ireland Civil Service

More and more governments are looking at the potential of universal basic income schemes, says Tom Graham. But there are many factors that need to be considered if any projects are to get off the drawing board and into people’s pockets

David Sterling tells MPs he finds it “unacceptable” that Northern Ireland has had no executive for a year

Perm sec Richard Heaton admitted to being “startled and stunned” by the over-ambitious scheme

PCS calls for pause in programme and more resources for HMRC as it plans for post-Brexit customs landscape

Cabinet secretary responds to Lord Lawson’s criticism that officials want to “frustrate the Brexit process”

The lack of clarity on the future working rights for civil servants from EU countries will not be resolved by good intentions, says Prospect’s Sue Ferns. Action is needed now

Former UN ambassador began work as department’s top official yesterday

Think tank has called on the government to undertake “thorough review of the public sector’s relationship with contractors” amid sector’s woes.

Government Communications Service director Alex Aiken says social media team will ‘reclaim a fact-based public debate’