Leadership

The outspoken former chair of the Public Accounts Committee chews the fat with Suzannah Brecknell

Government Digital Service's director of data is the latest in a line of senior leaders to leave the the central team

Fast Stream assessment now much more focused on "real-life work scenarios", says Gillian Smith, after report warns of lack of working class representation in the scheme

As MPs went round in circles on Chilcot and the EU referendum, the FDA general secretary Dave Penman wondered how Sir Jeremy Heywood maintained his calm, settled demeanour

As the civil service tries to put meat on the bones of its social mobility strategy, Matt Foster meets the people trying to make the organisation more welcoming to staff from working class backgrounds – and shake off Whitehall’s “white, male and Oxbridge” image for good

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

Sir Suma Chakrabarti did more than most to bring the civil service into the 21st century. Now that he’s president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Sam Macrory offers a penny for his thoughts

Former Highways England boss Graham Dalton joins Ministry of Defence’s property division

Ex-immigration and enforcement chief Amanda Campbell takes up post as troubled watchdog’s chief executive officer 

As fresh Office for National Statistics data shines a light on headcount, salary and diversity within the civil service, CSW's Jim Dunton analyses the key findings

New ONS stats show 8% rise in female representation at SCS level since 2008

Susan Acland-Hood on the move as courts service presses ahead with digital shake-up