Education

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