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Baroness Angela Browning set to complete five-year term at Acoba helm

Department says data does not prove Universal Credit is to blame for rise in food bank usage, despite previously acknowledging possible link

Tracey Crouch also details Whitehall push-back over fixed-odds betting terminals, Brexit's opportunity cost and ‘complete pain in the arse’ Matt Hancock

National Audit Office recognises progress but says ‘significant’ time and budget challenges remain

Prospect chief calls on cabinet secretary to ensure civil servants rights are upheld amid increasing concerns

Union bosses say Peter Schofield needs to understand staff anger after department opted not to seek extra pay flexibility from Treasury

Consolidated award will be worth 11% for some staff at Brexit department

Civil service’s biggest union also calls on Sajid Javid to invest in staff boosts for revenue-raising departments and implement positive pensions changes 

Cabinet Office details full brief of Simon Hart and other Cabinet Office ministers

Peter Lawrence calls on civil servants to help identify candidates for Going Forward Into Employment programme

Move follows anger over working conditions and overtime payments, says PCS

Ten-member team to report on case for controversial £55.7bn project by December

Damascene conversions on civil service brilliance should be backed with proper recognition and reward, says Prospect deputy general secretary

Department tells staff it hears their concerns as union reacts to imposition of 2019-20 settlement

Union dubs department tasked with enforcing National Living Wage ‘morally bankrupt’ for treatment of staff

Union says it has secured a pledge from Cabinet Office and demands funding rethink following Boris Johnson’s spending pledges

Public sector pay rises set to outstrip 2% rise for civil servants revealed last month

Department’s annual report details £46.5m rise against 700-strong boost in workers

Annual report also details declining spending on consultants and temporary staff

Industrial action will be the latest in a series of strikes that have been backed by high-profile MPs 

Prospect members protest at imposition of rejected 1.3% pay offer

Departments set for new mentoring pilot and urged to use better executive search firms

Migration Advisory Committee asked to look again at regional earnings thresholds and ‘high public value’ jobs with low pay

PCS says Mitie move for new regional hubs prompts “very real concerns” over staff safety