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With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without. Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood kicks off our Whitehall roundup

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without.

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without.

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

Parts of the civil service have spent 2017 developing bold new ways to do things in government. They must prosper in what will be an uncomfortable year ahead

Cabinet Office Single Departmental Plan also reveals proposals for a new shared services strategy as part of moves to boost commercial capability

MPs slam department’s weak oversight after company made unauthorised redundancy payouts totalling £1.76m

Staff at agency near the bottom of the civil service pay satisfaction table, but unable to take strike action

ONS figures reveal 300 staff moving from BEIS to DfE following shift in responsibility for further education

Automation can create jobs with the right policies in place, deputy leader Tom Watson says in new report

Cabinet secretary makes “statement of intent” about future rights to work in government

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

The former Treasury solicitor shares his reflections from a Whitehall career with Tamsin Rutter

Letter from Cabinet Office minister Damian Green says government will consider a cap-busting increase “in return for improvements to public sector productivity”

Treasury guidance also expands role for ministers in requests for direction from departmental agencies and arm’s length bodies

Former Cabinet Office minister told MPs he became disillusioned with civil service skills and repeats call for basic training

Infrastructure and Projects Authority says new team will be created to ensure costs and schedules of major schemes are achievable

As the civil service apprenticeships drive moves up a gear, Cabinet Office early talent manager Kimberley Adderley looks back on a decade of progress with Whitehall veteran Ian Watmore

Department for Education insists process was followed with regard to Steve Lamey, who alleges a “witch hunt”

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

Leaving the EU will have wide, and unpredictable, effects on the UK’s devolved administrations. Mark Rowe reports on what the outcome might be

As she leaves government to return to the private sector, Sherin Aminossehe shares her lessons from working in Whitehall – from the ministers to the acronyms

Tax collection agency picks internal candidate as Edward Troup retires

From weather forecasting to healthcare inspection, public bodies play a crucial role in maintaining public services. Lesley Ann Nash, the director for public bodies reform at the Cabinet Office, explains what government is doing to keep them fit for purpose