Education

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