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HMRC’s Jon Thompson and MoD’s Stephen Lovegrove shed light on what the end of guided distribution will mean for staff, as Prospect union and the Public Service People Managers' Association give their take on getting performance management right

Prime minister suggests civil servants are reluctant to speak their own minds to her and blames Whitehall for creating the acronym “JAMs”

HMRC job ad says London Office will be moving to Canary Wharf as a "transitional site in summer 2017"

Agency “has no contingency plan” for lower-than-predicted uptake of digital tax plans, Public Accounts Committee warns

New recruit be responsible for managing a £50m annual IT budget

Former chief executive of the Office of Rail and Road has also been Defra and Home Office chief economist

James Stewart becomes the latest senior departure from the Government Digital Service, as he makes the case for IT spend controls

Spending Review 2015 plans "will remain in place", says the new chancellor – but departments will be able to reinvest some of their 2019/20 savings

Land Registry "will remain in the public sector", Autumn Statement confirms, as PCS hails campaign victory

"Brexit will be a true test of whether SDPs are fit for purpose", says the Public Accounts Committee

Former top officials warn against centralisation of power with the finance ministry on eve of chancellor Philip Hammond's first Autumn Statement

Government efficiency targets have only made the financial position of NHS bodies worse, warns the National Audit Office