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Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says education budget boost will have 'near religious status' in future coalition talks
SCS requirement for 'supreme flexibility' in working is holding back disabled civil servants, one of three government-commissioned reports on diversity finds
Former environment secretary (2010-12) talks to Civil Service World about her best and worst experiences of working with the civil service, clearing her desk post-reshuffle, and why she believes Whitehall training could be boosted by secondment to the private or voluntary sectors
Budget confirms departmental agreement on 2013 plan to end automatic pay rises
Amendment to Civil Service Code over contact with the media sparks transparency row with trade unions FDA and PCS, but Cabinet Office says it is providing clarity
Science and Technology Committee says that while departments have made progress on use of evidence, cuts could undermine UK's long-term scientific capability
Separate reports by the Communities and Local Government and Education committees raise questions about education watchdog Ofsted
Education secretary Nicky Morgan confirms BP's John Hughes and Centre Forum's James Kempton to join Ofsted board as non-executive members
Journalist, doctor and academic Ben Goldacre - author of the acclaimed books Bad Science and Bad Pharma - tells CSW what works and what doesn't in the civil service
Prime minister David Cameron says review body's call to raise salary minima for Pay Band 1 by £2,000 would undermine 'flexibility'
CSW asked Conservative MP and former children's minister Tim Loughton to appraise the UK civil service
Colin Marrs talks to Peter Wilding, who moved from head of energy policy at HM Treasury to Treasury secondee in Cheshire West & Chester
Outgoing DCLG perm sec and former head of the civil service Sir Bob Kerslake chews the fat with Jess Bowie
Foreign Affairs Committee warns on impact of FCO staff cuts
Cabinet Office releases social media guidance to get more officials online
A monthly interview with people who’ve crossed organisational and sectoral boundaries to join a new working world. Michael Anderson moved from the Cabinet Office to the philanthropic organisation the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
If at first you don’t succeed… maybe trying and trying again is actually not such a great idea
"Michael has been nothing but supportive" education secretary says while asserting her authority over the department
While Defra prepares for rising global temperatures, Environment Secretary Liz Truss is more immediately focused on trying to warm more tech graduates to the food and farming industries – and engineer a thaw in relations between the Tories and the north
Home Secretary Theresa May’s plans to deport foreign graduates stalled
“I pushed through the tuition fees reforms”
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has become a sponsor for TechHub Swansea. Mike Bracken (pictured), head of the Government Digital Service, launched the initiative in Swansea today.
The National Audit Office (NAO) today reported that only 62 out of 129 underperforming maintained schools improved their rating following formal intervention.
The Department for Education (DfE) has failed to consistently tackle underperforming maintained schools and academies despite investing at least £382m annually, said a National Audit Office (NAO) report today.