Leadership

In the latest of our series about civil service leavers, we meet former deputy principal private secretary to the prime minister Ed Whiting, who is now director of strategy for the Wellcome Trust

Public health professor has been a chief scientific adviser to government departments for a decade

Former Treasury second perm sec Sharon White to join retailer on far-from-undersold pay package

Civil servants could be either ‘too fresh or too jaded’ to maximise no-deal Brexit preparation for October, highlights think tank

A permanent replacement for outgoing stats chief to be announced in "late summer", UKSA says

In these unprecedented circumstances, we should ditch the convention of confidentiality around civil servants’ advice to ministers – for the good of us all, says the FDA general secretary

As Tory hopefuls set out their stall for the role of PM, the civil service had better prepare for deckchair shuffling and another round of pointless departmental name changes

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

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

A vivid account by a meritocratic polymath, Lord Levene’s memoirs leave Peter Hennessy pondering why peacetime Britain produces so few ‘fixers’ of his calibre

May will step down as Conservative leader on 7 June, but will remain head of government until a new leader is in place

PM sets out measures intended to get MPs to back Brexit deal, including vow to complete work on "alternative arrangements" to the controversial Irish backstop by the end of 2020