Civil Service Reform

Ben Gummer says government has a "clear and co-orindated" vision for digital and says he already "commissioned it to do two very large pieces of work that it wasn’t doing before"

Treasury resistance hampered early planning, while over-stretched senior officials failed to spot warning signs that the project to overhaul benefits was failing, according to an in-depth report published by the Institute for Government

Martin Donnelly (pictured) will lead the new Department for International Trade for a transitional period, while former DECC perm sec Alex Chisholm takes on the expanded business department

Council chiefs urge greater say in DWP's replacement for the Work Programme

Downing Street moves to dampen speculation that Theresa May is considering a rethink on George Osborne's drive to give away powers in exchange for elected mayors

Daniel Thornton of the respected IfG think tank predicts greater role in business transformation work for government departments

UK's new prime minister is said to be considering lifting the requirement for local authorities to have elected mayors to get devolution deals

The highest proportion of top public sector jobs on record went to women in the last year, new figures from the Commissioner for Public Appointments show

The UK ran a surplus of just £1bn last month – £200m lower than July 2015

Equalities and Human Rights Commission paints stark picture of differing outcomes for ethnic minority groups and urges government to join up disparate initiatives

Former Labour minister Nick Raynsford, a key player in setting up the Greater London Authority, tells CSW that civil servants and ministers are still reluctant to let go of powers

More than 40 staff unable to relocate or who turned down voluntary exit could be made redundant under first round of estate downsizing