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Communities secretary backs Casey review call for public office holders to swear an oath affirming "respect for the rule of law, equality and tolerance"
But Howard League for Penal Reform says continued administrative delays are “simply unacceptable” for prisoners who remain locked up
With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up
Proceedings set to last for four days, with a ruling due in the new year
HM Revenue & Customs chief exec Jon Thompson admits failings with fraud-busting contract just part of the "sub-optimal" picture on tax credits
Government equality watchdog workers set to stage one-day protest over budget cuts and compulsory redundancies
Justice permanent secretary tells MPs that “bearing down on the gap” between spending review targets and actual spending is the largest challenge for his officials, as he stands by the decision to implement spending controls that caused friction between department and prisons inspectorate
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
Ex-immigration and enforcement chief Amanda Campbell takes up post as troubled watchdog’s chief executive officer
Public Accounts Committee says department is unable to evidence reforms' success and significant challenges remain
Tom Read, who has been at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for just seven months, will take over from Arif Harbott
Rapson tells CSW she feels move to the banking watchdog will be a "seamless progression" from her work as UK Visas and Immigration director general
Rapson – named as one of Cranfield University's "100 Women to Watch" last year – is to leave post next month after more than a decade in the civil service
Elizabeth Denham says she will consider making it easier for the Information Commissioner's Office to step in when departments are slow to respond to public requests for info
The Howard League for Penal Reform finds that there were 14,689 frontline officers in prisons in June 2016, down from 15,110 a year earlier
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
Policy Exchange proposes “turbo charged” devolution of Whitehall functions to councils and city regions over the next five years
Department creates new unit at Marsham Street under stewardship of former chief technology officer Sarah Wilkinson
Major speech by the head of the public spending watchdog warns ministers to stop asking the civil service to run on "perpetual overload"
Former Border Force director general Tony Smith spent four decades in Theresa May's old department, the Home Office. Here he tells Matt Foster that while Britain's new prime minister is a demanding boss who does her homework, she's also willing to stick up for her civil servants when push comes to shove
Top Tory women said to be in line for Cabinet promotions as Theresa May takes over from David Cameron
National Audit Office issues another qualification of department’s accounts and says fraud and error levels remain “unacceptably high”
Watchdog suggests Home Office and NHS England tighten joint-working arrangements in future outsourcing deals
Home Office permanent secretary Mark Sedwill is under pressure to take action and deliver better returns on the use of confiscation orders