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Think tank says civil service cuts may be tailing off ahead of Brexit talks

Select committee seeks feedback on payment delays, registration errors, and possible tweaks

Westminster City Council approves proposals for Whitehall landmark despite heritage concerns

Perm sec makes work services director Susan Park accountable for payments system’s operation across Jobcentres and service centres

Mark Thurston to leave engineering consultancy giant CH2M for new £650k a-year role

Think tank deputy director Julian McCrae says dealing with impact of the ageing society will be a dominant domestic task for Whitehall over the next 15 years

Former Barnet and Haringey council CEO Nick Walkley set to take helm of delivery body

Local Government Association says measures announced by communities secretary Sajid Javid are “nowhere near enough” to alleviate pressure on key services

McKibbin says it has been "an honour and a privilege" to lead the separate Northern Ireland Civil Service since 2011

In eight years as a Labour minister and 22 as an MP, Nick Raynsford learned a thing or two about what works in government. He sits down with CSW’s Matt Foster to talk about his new book, "Substance Not Spin", Whitehall’s fear of letting go — and why his party must not become an “ineffective protest movement”

Assistant chief executive of Birmingham City Council tells CSW that central government needs to stop telling town halls to you need to earn your freedom

Caroline Normand set to join Which?, while other moves see the government name Lowell Goddard’s abuse inquiry replacement and Charlie Bean lined up for the Budget Responsibility Committee

MPs call on Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Education to develop new inclusion programmes particularly targeting women

Official evaluation seen by Newsnight suggests much-heralded programme has had a limited impact on employment, criminality and truancy

Local Government Association says Brexit talks should not simply return legislative responsibilites straight to Westminster

Key aide to Boris Johnson has the “experience and leadership” to ensure the government’s housing targets are met, says communities secretary Greg Clark

PHE chief executive Duncan Selbie tells MPs of desire to return to cross-working model from “two reorganisations ago”

Keith Hurst tells Max Goldbart how his team’s award-winning strategy transformed a key element of the Land Registry’s operations

Committee of MPs says department has “not made a diligent and credible case” for policy which aims to fund discounts for housing association properties by selling off council homes

New report calls on government to give better detail on city region power structures and spending

Plans to make higher-earning council tenants pay more in rent suffer series of defeats by peers

Communities and Local Government Committee says local authorities "must be able to have confidence in the effective operation" of the framework drawn up by central government to guide development decisions

Consultation says moving 4,500 civil servants to the private sector will "bring new knowledge and investment" into the Land Registry – but PCS union says plans are driven by "short-term political choice, not economic necessity"

Passing powers from Whitehall to local areas is a key government goal. But do civil servants have enough understanding of what is happening on the ground to make the policy work? Colin Marrs talks to experts and officials to find out