Communications

Helen MacNamara returns to the Cabinet Office to enforce rules on propriety and governance

National Audit Office found gaps of 18% across more than 100 critical skills including intelligence and engineering

Guidance published urging officials to take extra care in their communications with the public

ONS outlines work streams to expand measurements of loneliness and wellbeing inequality

DfT Lab develops machine learning prototype to sort parliamentary questions coming into the department

New mechanisms required to enable all four governments to jointly agree post-Brexit policy, according to think tank

Foreign Affairs Committee argues FCO must develop a strategy and commit resources to the network of former British territories

Rankings show Ministry of Defence is most prolific department while No 10 gets engagement crown

Inquiry finds relationship between senior officials and ministers has been further fractured by Brexit debate

Prospect calls on members to urge their MPs to sign EDM condemning attacks on public service

Official watchdog investigation also revealed former universities minister Jo Johnson interfered in recruitment process 

Emails reveal Sue Gray was unhappy with foreign secretary’s decision to waive £6,000 room charge for Institute for Free Trade

Stonewall’s list of the 100 best employers assesses organisations on trans inclusion for first time this year

A tale of integrity and talent triumphing in the corridors of power warms Sue Cameron’s heart

Government Communications Service director Alex Aiken says social media team will ‘reclaim a fact-based public debate’

MPs urge government to scrap immigration target and introduce annual migration report

Department issues rebuttal to claims that it misled the public over the changes to the colour of passports following Brexit

Tax department issues unprecedented statement after Cabinet ministers question tax decisions for Brexit-backing donors

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

FCO teams up with DFID and British Council to tender for four-year framework to provide networking to 550 sites in the UK and throughout the world

MPs slam department’s weak oversight after company made unauthorised redundancy payouts totalling £1.76m

Former Cabinet Office minister told MPs he became disillusioned with civil service skills and repeats call for basic training

Commons committee concludes DoH and NHS England did not do enough to determine whether patients were harmed by correspondence backlog

Department for Education insists process was followed with regard to Steve Lamey, who alleges a “witch hunt”