Leadership

Minister reveals reaction from permanent secretary Melanie Dawes to “storm in a teacup” revelations

Pay deal in Scotland follows “sustained cross-union campaign”, with talks ongoing with Whitehall

Appointment of Janet Young comes ahead of updated Government Estates Strategy

John Manzoni announces launch of “success profiles”, which will allow managers to recruit on past experience as well as competency-based framework

Many internationally lauded ideas for improving how government work have come from the UK – but even when they are copied many in the civil service view central reforming units like the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit to the Government Digital Service as irritants. This should change, says Andrew Greenway

Philip Rutnam organising inquiry into Windrush leaks, Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden reveals to PACAC

Government’s chief trade negotiation adviser brings together officials from 11 departments

Senior Home Office civil servant in charge of migration under pressure over Rudd resignation

There can often be a daunting space between policy development and delivery in government – a space where policy ideas can be undermined as they move from one team to another. Here are Infrastructure and Projects Authority chief executive Tony Meggs’s top tips for closing it

Unusual intervention from cabinet secretary comes as government chief whip and prime minister’s chief of staff also move to defend Robbins

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

First BAME home secretary announced following leaks from Home Office that led to Rudd resigning

Treasury select committee chair calls for assurances that the error will not be repeated as HMRC undertakes internal investigation

Study shows number of women holding board positions in UK public sector has increased from 27% in 2015 to 43% in 2018

Shaun McNally is responsible for delivery in an area that has seen some of government’s most controversial reforms. The Legal Aid Agency’s chief executive tells Tamsin Rutter about reform and details his own career journey through the courts

Government officials reported to have suggested that those applying for the right to remain in the UK could borrow a friend’s Android device

Auditor general tells MPs government does not have capacity “to do anything but outsource” services across a host of areas

Scottish first minister refuses to accept latest deal on EU Withdrawal Bill despite support from Welsh Government

As seven years of public sector pay restraint come slowly – and unevenly – to an end, Suzannah Brecknell meets the Office for Manpower Economics, the team helping pay review bodies and departments navigate new terrain

Cabinet secretary praises work of Open Innovation Team in helping open up policymaking to universities

Existing operations chief to switch to post heading up organisation’s Brexit team

Report criticises system that allows ministers and officials to blame each other for mistakes

Shadow chancellor proposes independent board to oversee tax authority which he said could improve decision-making

It is easy for politicians to blame immigration officers and other civil servants tasked with implementing immigration rules and regulations. But to do so unfairly distracts from the all but inevitable outcome of reducing the number of staff properly employed and trained to enforce immigration law