Communications

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”

Office for Statistics Regulation tells perm sec department must tighten pre-release access procedures 

New research carried out with Civil Service Employment Policy builds on case against “guided distribution” but shows performance can also be boosted by new management techniques

International development secretary and top officials insist department is pioneering transparency standards in government

National Cyber Security Centre marks first 12 months in existence by publishing report into threat landscape

Office for Statistics Regulation to monitor department while it implements a series of recommendations to improve transparency

Cabinet Office says the proposal has not yet been agreed, despite reports

Sir David Norgrove slaps down foreign secretary for "clear misuse of officials statistics"

Amber Rudd responds to call from statistics chief to follow ONS in scrapping system that allows select people to preview official figures

IfG review on boosting cross-government functions highlighted civil service 'must tackle perception that policy trumps specialisms' for career progression

Independent adviser also calls for consultation to be reopened because of impact of snap general election