Leadership

Committee has concluded that Baroness Stowell was “unable to withstand scrutiny” in pre-appointment hearing

Appointment means government’s biggest professional grouping will be one of only two headed up by a departmental perm sec

As he leaves the civil service after 40 years, Sir Robert Devereux, outgoing permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions, reflects on complicated projects, how to lead large organisations and facing select committees

Former chief scientific adviser to government has warned tough post-Brexit migration rules could hamper scientific research

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

Challenging gender discrimination must be part of a wider drive to build a culture that supports all types of diversity

Whitehall & Industry Group hands out accolade it says captures ‘the incredible impact’ of alumni of its leadership programmes

Cabinet secretaries hold the fort in times of crisis and have seen splits over Europe come and go. Here’s why one of them thinks Brexit will be a civil service renaissance

As cross-party power-sharing talks collapse, decisions made by senior officials in absence of an executive are challenged in Belfast High Court 

Chief executive of Whitehall’s central buying unit to move to Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply in July

Details of additional Brexit funding also reveal £1m transfer of funds following Oliver Robbins’s move to the Cabinet Office

Prime minister says that parties must “find a way to work together” so politicians can retake power from civil servants