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Number 10 stands by decision not to suspend the Northern Ireland Executive following resignation of NI first minister Peter Robinson
Northern Ireland's first minister Peter Robinson announces suspension of Stormont meetings amid row over power-sharing
The Official View: Former communities minister Bob Neill on the strengths and weaknesses of the civil service
The Office of National Statistics will now be able to compare progress of families who have taken part in the programme with those who have not
Sean Worth argues that BIS, Defra, DECC and the Department for Transport should be merged into a single new department to create a streamlined national infrastructure function
Letters published on Thursday night show that Cabinet Office perm sec sought rare ministerial direction over fresh grant to the charity, but Matt Hancock and Oliver Letwin say they had agreed "clear conditions" for the funding
Waheed Nazir – director of planning and regeneration and chief planning officer at Birmingham City Council – gives an outside perspective of the civil service, and says Whitehall is improving the way it works with local partners
DCMS permanent secretary Sue Owen will succeed Simon Fraser in role coordinating Whitehall's efforts to boost diversity, while the MoD's Jon Thompson handed remit to encourage people from lower-income backgrounds into the civil service
Inquiry led by cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood points the finger at former scottish secretary and his special adviser for leaking of Nicola Sturgeon memo, but civil servant at centre of claims is cleared
SNP leader and Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon to set out party's plans to 'change the direction' of next government
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan says civil service's Fast Stream graduate programme will have 'diversity targets and quotas' to improve black and minority ethnic representation
Conservative leader set to use manifesto launch to promise that Right to Buy will include housing association properties
Exclusive: Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood sets out revised Talent Action Plan after 'worrying' government-commissioned reports on LGBT, BME and disability representation in the civil service
Report by former Stonewall chief executive, commissioned by the Cabinet Office, says many LGBT staff feel 'pressured to fit into a conventional mould'
Public Administration Select Committee attacks Treasury decision to publish letter on sharing the pound with an independent Scotland, and warns Scottish government's own 'White Paper' too political
Government Digital Service to work with local government in major extension of its remit
Colin Marrs talks to Peter Wilding, who moved from head of energy policy at HM Treasury to Treasury secondee in Cheshire West & Chester
The Department of Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decision to close the Independent Living Fund (ILF) for disabled people was ruled lawful by the High Court, on Monday 8 December.
The government will invest £2.3bn in flood defence projects between now and 2020, according to the National Infrastructure Plan published today.
Local authority associations from across the UK call for meeting on more powers
Atam Verdi, Director at the property regeneration consultancy, gives and outside perspective of the civil service
The government is considering extending the Social Value Act to include goods, works, infrastructure and public assets, under a Cabinet Office review.
Victor Adebowale may be a peer of the realm, but his ideas for public service reform – built on 30 years’ experience in housing and social care – challenge established thinking. Winnie Agbonlahor meets him