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Think tank argues chancellor’s bungled budget fundraiser makes case for better policymaking
Alexandra Jones set to leave Centre for Cities to take up new role
Watchdog’s anger follows government response to committee’s Grimstone Review findings
Treasury and Cabinet Office vow to better align much-criticised SDPs with Brexit planning and Whitehall's ongoing £3.5bn efficiency review. But they reject calls to bring the public documents in line with the more detailed internal versions
Unions round on the chancellor as Budget sticks to George Osborne's 2015 departmental cuts plans in spite of Brexit vote
One-year to the introduction of quarterly reporting announced after concern MPs on the Treasury committee
Hammond avoids big tweaks to Whitehall budgets, but targets extra funding for social care and business rate relief
Treasury trails Hammond's first Budget, as OECD upgrades UK growth forecast
Experts say HMRC's online tool to help contractors calculate tax status is 'not fit for purpose' as effects of IR35 reforms start to bite. Rebecca Hill of CSW's sister title, PublicTechnology, reports
Chancellor will not use improved growth forecasts to borrow more money, it is reported
Internal appointments come ahead of expansion of the public spending watchdog’s remit
Public Accounts Committee says accountability system for major electrification programme was too complex, and casts doubt on cost estimates even after £1.2bn increase
Wide-ranging plan includes announcement of new "Digital Government Partnership" to encourage innovation in Whitehall – as Labour's Louise Haigh blasts "recycled announcements and meagre commitments"
Public Chairs Forum, Association of Chief Executives and the Institute for Government will track progress on the Cabinet Office's bid to improve relationships between departments and ALBs
Liam Fox's staff start work in offices formerly occupied by DECC – and 007
Lesley Ann Nash, the Cabinet Office's director for public bodies reform, explains how the government's new code is aiming to shift relationships between departments and arm’s-length bodies away from compliance and control towards a proportionate, risk-based partnership model
Chief people officer Rupert McNeil (pictured) says current recruitment technology is “40 or 50 years out of date”
Tory former Cabinet Office heavyweight heaps praise on staff at the centre of government – but hits out at civil service churn, the quality of advice, and the skills valued in line departments
House of Lords committee puts HMRC officials through their paces
Ex-Treasury perm sec challenges David Davis's claims about the civil service's readiness for Brexit, as his former colleague Lord O'Donnell warns of major task presented by Great Repeal Bill
Regulatory Policy Committee says it is "disappointed" that departments appear to be diverting resources away from providing rigorous assessment of their decisions
Whitehall & Industry Group accolade lauds “exemplary leadership” driven by cross-sector learning
Department says it is "committed to Verify as the single identification service for individuals and is fully focused on delivering this", amid questions over its use of an alternative to the Cabinet Office-backed platform
Former Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs perm sec Bronwyn Hill tells CSW that Brexit offers the chance to rethink UK's rural subsidy system