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The NHS has been through many “reorganisation convulsions” as successive governments sought to redefine the relationship between health services and Whitehall. Richard Vize looks at the most important shifts, including Andrew Lansley’s attempt to blow ministerial control apart, and asks what’s next for a service in perpetual motion

Analysis finds that the department has more than double the proportion of graduate fast streamers than elsewhere in Whitehall

Latest figure puts central department at top of the government league table for paying contractors four-figure rates

MPs call on department to end hostile environment policies, not just rebrand them

Academics love nothing more than conversations with like-minded thinkers trying to solve problems. Here’s how the civil service can use these discussions to improve policy

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

Sir Simon Fraser says that the lack of an agreed government position on the future relationship with the EU left the UK unable to conduct a negotiation effectively

Shadow Treasury minister accuses government of “riding roughshod” over civil servants

Update highlights progress made on ensuring new customs system is ready to handle additional workload caused by EU exit

Treasury chief secretary describes government bureaucracy as a creature ‘there is a temptation to feed after midnight’

Cipfa survey also finds three quarters of leaders are “more negative about Brexit now than last year”

Cabinet Office minister keen to see more mutuals where there is support for them, including spin-outs from the public sector

Mark Sedwill will act as cabinet secretary as well as national security adviser until September

David Lidington says the government is committed to using private organisations to deliver services, but acknowledges need for reform

 

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

Is HMT arrogant and “a bit blokey”? Directors general Clare Lombardelli, Katharine Braddick and Beth Russell tell Tamsin Rutter about the progress that has been made and the next steps to make it more open, diverse and inclusive

Role intended to boost UK’s £28bn trade with the continent

Further details of shift away from competency-based framework for recruitment revealed as government lays out elements of success profiles across five areas – ability, experience, strengths, technical and behaviours

PACAC announces new inquiry into case for developing an institution that allows civil service to be ‘more mindful of itself’

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

The first woman to become a private secretary to the prime minister shares her recollections of Thatcher, the Treasury and the Next Steps Unit with Suzannah Brecknell. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer

Select committee chair accuses senior civil servants running reform of being in ‘La La Land’ as report says changes may never have intended benefits

Carers' charter and carer’s passport launched across civil service