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HM Inspector of Constabulary Wendy Williams will oversee probe of Home Office’s handling of Windrush cases

Department for Education policy advisor reportedly failed to tell Whitehall she was appearing on reality TV show

As Theresa May announces a £20bn investment in the NHS, Bronwen Maddox calls for better planning to avoid the cycles of crisis and emergency funding in health

The first woman to become a private secretary to the prime minister shares her recollections of Thatcher, the Treasury and the Next Steps Unit with Suzannah Brecknell. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer

Move follows the earlier transfer of data policymakers

Carers' charter and carer’s passport launched across civil service

Automation has squeezed out the creatives that used to harbour in administrative grades – but this tacit subsidy programme has arguably simply shifted to large firms

Women and Equalities Committee calls for urgent action to improve data collection across government

Institute for Government says refreshed documents still show ministries “trying to do too much” but welcomes diversity focus

Auditors find a lack of evidence that departments consistently act on recommendations from government-funded investigations

Home secretary tells MPs that number could rise and does not rule out possibility of future restructure of department

Staff welcome weekly window for healthy activities agreed in deal with civil service unions

Politicians work within a hierarchical system where they are arbiters of their own fate – but the hierarchy itself can provide a solution to the harassment problem

Despite Whitehall’s global reputation for integrity, it can still learn from a developing country civil service survey

Philip Rutnam organising inquiry into Windrush leaks, Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden reveals to PACAC

Plan for 2018-19 to focus on four themes, including creating a strong, new relationship with Europe after Brexit

Amber Rudd forced to admit use of targets after she and top official yesterday denied their existence  

Former immigration chief insists "checks and balances" would prevent wrongful deportations

Committee berates government’s “lack of commitment to citizenship policies” and short-lived initiatives

As the Equality and Human Rights Commission marks its tenth anniversary, it is running a series of events to ask: how fair is Britain? Six months on from Theresa May’s Race Disparity Audit, Daniel Bond reports on the challenge of transforming this evidence into real action on racial inequality. Photography by Paul Heartfield

Helen MacNamara returns to the Cabinet Office to enforce rules on propriety and governance

ONS outlines work streams to expand measurements of loneliness and wellbeing inequality

Health department propping up the figures on ethnic diversity at senior levels, IfG analysis finds