Leadership

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

Plans will include "one of the biggest peacetime public information campaigns this country has seen"

Words civil servants told not to use include “hopefully”, “very”, “due to” and “equal”

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

Spending Review delay would be “bad news for those planning and managing big public services”, but departments must prepare, IfG says

Series of ministerial appointments made yesterday, while rumoured spad appointments on the way

Former DfE spad and Vote Leave chief is a longstanding critic of Whitehall. CSW reviews what he says he would change if he had power

Former DfE spad and Vote Leave chief Dominic Cummings set for key role as first cabinet appointments exepcted today

Some surprising figures have invited management consultants into Whitehall over the past six decades, although their private-sector expertise has not always been directed where it was needed most

Cabinet Office reduces recommended pay increase from 2.2% to 2% so that paybill increase is in line with delegated pay guidance for departments

Three years and three secretaries of state into his time as Ministry of Defence permanent secretary, Sir Stephen Lovegrove discusses diversity, procurement lessons, and how long his staff can expect to put up with his jokes

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