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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

As government gears up to celebrate the centenary of voting rights for women, Tamsin Rutter catches up with gender champion Melanie Dawes and women’s network co-founder Keela Shackell-Smith on their priorities for 2018

Transport Select Committee says failure has wider implications for rail franchising 

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

The fall of construction firm turned outsourcing giant Carillion comes at a time when criticism of private provision of public services is rising. Richard Johnstone looks at Whitehall’s response and takes soundings for the future

Move follows Public Accounts Committee observation that up-front borrowing could have reduced the cost to consumers of the £20bn Hinkley Point C project

MPs credit department with bringing programme “back from the brink” but warn that biggest challenges are yet to come

Tailored review urges Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to give garden city development corporation more financial freedom

Treasury has handed £150m to official receiver for overseeing company’s liquidation, it has been revealed 

Head of the watchdog, Elizabeth Denham, says ICO will be expected to do “more of everything” as strict new data compliance law comes down the track