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Department for Education recruits successor to Peter Lauener, who is to retire following merger of two funding bodies

Public sector pay has been in the headlines, but there’s a lack of innovative thinking on changing the reward package across government. It’s time to try more radical solution

Union seeks investigation into problems with payments delivered by Cabinet Office-backed Shared Services Connected Limited

Crawford Falconer, who starts at the Department for International Trade this week, says new trade arrangements will “improve the global prospects for political openness and stability”.

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

The DVLA chief executive explains to Civil Service World how the agency has been transformed into a digital business, and what Whitehall can learn from its base in Swansea

Former foreign secretary said there was a ‘lack of confidence’ in the ministry when he took control in 2010

If Whitehall pushes ahead with plans to move civil servants around the country, it must conduct proper impact evaluations

Latest ONS data shows UK weekly earnings fell by 0.5% in real terms in the 12 months to June 2017

FDA civil service union lambasts report that names and shames top-earning DWP civil servants

CIPD survey found that public sector pay increases stuck at 1% due to pay cap, half the level of the private sector

Many British civil servants who worked in India leading up to the 1947 partition 'wrestled with a sapped sense of humanity', writes Colin Alexander

Whitehall official warns accelerated timetable could mean 'minimum scrutiny for vital negotiation documents'

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

Whitehall has an average gender pay gap of 13%, analysis of official statistics shows

Civil servants are increasingly working overtime and face being continually on call for major emergencies. Whitehall staff need uninterrupted breaks to recharge their batteries – even if that means leaving some summer emails unanswered

Non-ministerial department was forced to delay launch of new redundancy scheme after court quashed existing terms

As an academic specialising in modern empire, Andrew Thompson knows a lot about the trials and tribulations of large organisations. He also runs one. The chief executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Council tells Geoffrey Lyons about the council’s impending transformation and the importance of understanding the past to shape the future

Comments come amid reports the government could be prepared to pay £36bn Brexit divorce bill to settle its financial commitments to the EU

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

Fury over claims salaries are too high and ‘out of step’ with comparable private-sector roles

Workload survey shows civil service careers are becoming synonymous with low pay and long hours

Baron Lansley reflects on life in government versus life as a civil servant, over a pot of Earl Grey with Suzannah Brecknell

After a wide-ranging career in the civil service, including a spell as John Prescott’s speechwriter, Jeremy Marlow is now focused on driving efficiency in the NHS. He speaks to Richard Vize about what Whitehall and the health service can learn from each other