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As Home Office prepares to take on full responsibility for fire and rescue services from the Department for Communities and Local Government, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee say Whitehall must do more to understand the local implications of budget cuts
Public and Commercial Services union mulls industrial action over "unnecessary and inflammatory" compulsory redundancies – but HMRC says it has done "everything possible" to avert the situation
English devolution is a journey without a clear destination – producing a long overdue rebalancing of power, but within continuing tight financial constraints
Over the last decade the civil service has managed significant reductions in headcount. Why place all of this in jeopardy?
Report by the National Audit Office lays bare the problems facing flagship mutual - but Cabinet Office says it has taken steps to turn the situation around. Unions meanwhile welcomed the spending watchdog's findings
Treasury consultation confirms plans for wide-ranging shake-up of exit terms – with the FDA union branding the proposals an "ideological attack on public servants"
Report by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee says that final round of funding to the beleaguered youth charity — subject to a warning from then-Cabinet Office perm sec Richard Heaton — "should not have been authorised"
A care home manager discusses how the pressures facing the sector – including budget cuts and high staff turnover – impact on some of the most vulnerable people in society
Whitehall tops this year's Times Guide to Higher and Degree Apprenticeships
Upper chamber pushes for income-related measures to be retained
New report by consultancy EY reveals the state of gender equality among the senior civil service
Work and Pensions Committee says central government must provide more guidance to local authorities following welfare handover – and warns of the "human and financial costs" of failure
National Audit Office says Department for Work and Pensions has improved oversight of Employment and Support Allowance tests - but warns of "perpetuating cycle of optimistic targets, contractual underperformance and costly recovery"
With the end of 2015 in sight, we asked Whitehall's top officials to review the year, set out their priorities for 2016 – and shed some light on their festive plans. Charity Commission chief executive Paula Sussex takes part in our biggest-ever perm secs' round-up series...
Latest workforce data from the Office for National Statistics shows civil service shrank by 1.4% in Q3
DWP says it will meet the cost of redundancies stemming from decision not to move Housing Benefit staff into the department when benefits are merged
Plans to grant councils power to raise money for social care could lead to big regional variations, warn care sector leaders
Civil service's anti-whistleblower culture is changing, says chief executive John Manzoni, as he promises new data on concerns raised by staff – and faces tough questioning from MPs on extending public interest protections to private providers
Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood pays tribute to the prime minister’s late principal private secretary Chris Martin, a remarkable official who embodied the enduring values of the civil service he loved
Former Ministry of Justice permanent secretary says technology-enabled flexible working can help disabled civil servants progress in their careers, even in an era of prolonged cut-backs
Department for Work and Pensions joins HMRC in bid to significantly cut its estate by the end of the decade
Ministers reportedly seeking vote on the self-imposed welfare cap after tax credits rethink
Stinging report by the Public Accounts Committee says government funding to the collapsed charity was “never seriously questioned, let alone stopped”
Garry Graham – taking over from Leslie Manasseh at the union for specialists and managers – calls for "cool appraisal" of performance management by ministers