Leadership

Regulator says department’s commercial did not make sufficiently clear what would need to be submitted in some cases

Government HR chief told there “should be no impediment for the Cabinet Office to explore flexibility” on pension savings after offer to top doctors

Peter Lawrence calls on civil servants to help identify candidates for Going Forward Into Employment programme

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Use of gagging clauses ends to improve "debate, transparency and exchange of information"

Chancellor Sajid Javid says there is no time to delay as he announced auto sign up scheme

Department to spend up to £300k developing service through Alpha phase

The leak of the Cabinet Office’s Operation Yellowhammer contingency planning shows how much government is working on mitigating the risks it can predict from a no-deal Brexit. But the government cannot prepare for things it doesn’t know will happen

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Cabinet secretary says that there is ‘no evidence to suggest that the attack was anything other than an isolated incident’ at this stage

Recently launched National Leadership Centre to create online platform allowing leading officials to seek each other out

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Jeremy Corbyn says departure would contravene principle that government doesn’t implement policies in an election period where the opposition has a different view

Figures from Prospect trade union come as government plans review of pension tax rules for public sector after NHS reforms

Unions say tax treatment of pension contributions is leading civil servants "to incur significant tax burdens simply by saving for the future"

Prime minister's spokesperson insists ‘the UK will be leaving the EU on October 31 whatever the circumstances’

Department tasks digital transformation specialist with helping prepare the way for use of AWS and Azure

Latest staff moves come as government ramps up preparation for no deal

Organisation’s Brexit head takes top job

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Peer had claimed that all pictures of the Queen had been removed from the NIO’s Stormont offices

Department seeks team to come in conduct review of technical and cultural obstacles

General Sir Chris Deverell has just retired from one of Britain’s most senior military positions. He tells Richard Johnstone about the unique role of civil servants in the Ministry of Defence and how winter sports kept him away from Civvy Street

Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer also raises prospect of a Brexit public inquiry under a Labour government