Expanding a government policy that allows people to use the value of their home to pay for social care without having to sell the property could unlock money at a time of growing demand

Departmental chiefs must work to create an environment that’s good for body and mind

Report claims Sir Jeremy Heywood secured extra £250m for health service with ultimatum

Think tank deputy director Julian McCrae says dealing with impact of the ageing society will be a dominant domestic task for Whitehall over the next 15 years

Reducing sickness absence is a vital task for leaders, and it must start with some difficult conversations if real progress is to be made 

Worrying projections about our “unsustainable” public finances mean the rhetoric around decentralisation must now become a reality

Rob Behrens tells MPs that office relocation and merged operations with local government counterpart can fund investment in complaints handlers

Number of deputy directors also set to fall from 116 to 80, according to the HSJ

Comments from NHS England chief executive prompt former Treasury permanent secretary Nick Macpherson to warn of a "bottomless pit" on health service funding

Local Government Association says measures announced by communities secretary Sajid Javid are “nowhere near enough” to alleviate pressure on key services

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Duncan Selbie, chief executive of Public Health England, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up...

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Professor Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up...