Economics

Civil service network seeks to build pan-Whitehall expertise in areas such as payment-by results and agent-based modelling

PCS union says plan to move organisation employing more than 4,000 civil servants into the private sector appears to have been "quietly dropped" after it fails to appear in the new Neighbourhood Planning Bill

New Cabinet Office minister argues that the civil service has "already risen to the challenge" of Brexit as Labour says now is not the time to be "laying off civil servants and slashing budgets"

Martin Donnelly (pictured) will lead the new Department for International Trade for a transitional period, while former DECC perm sec Alex Chisholm takes on the expanded business department

Civil service unions hit out as new CSW analysis shows that many outgoing Number 10 advisers had substantial year-on-year pay rises, as well as enhanced redundancy terms and honours​

Treasury committee chair Andrew Tyrie wants a return to publishing Treasury analysis that shows how policies will impact household incomes

The UK ran a surplus of just £1bn last month – £200m lower than July 2015

Tax experts and industry bodies urge rethink on plans to make public sector bodies, not contractors themselves, responsible for applying rules known as “IR35”

More than 40 staff unable to relocate or who turned down voluntary exit could be made redundant under first round of estate downsizing

2,500 staff set to relocate to town-centre office block from summer 2017

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

MPs call on Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Education to develop new inclusion programmes particularly targeting women

Policy Exchange proposes “turbo charged” devolution of Whitehall functions to councils and city regions over the next five years

The big leadership changes in government digital seem like a triumph for those who believe a government organised along Victorian lines is still fit for fixing today’s problems, argues former senior civil servant Andrew Greenway

The Land Registry "must remain an essential arm of the state", says Conservative committee chair Bernard Jenkin, amid doubts over whether the government's privatisation plans will go ahead

Think tank calls for stronger sector-wide systems to support and learn from failing organisations

Former Scottish government and DCLG perm sec says public sector workforce has a "subsidiary and problematic status" in variants of the New Public Management model in vogue with politicians since Margaret Thatcher

26% of competitions overseen by Whitehall's jobs watchdog saw private sector candidates appointed in 2015-16, new data show

Major speech by the head of the public spending watchdog warns ministers to stop asking the civil service to run on "perpetual overload"

Watchdog says "less transactional" process is required and criticises Single Departmental Plans for failing to meet transparency goals

 Former head of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure, which reports to MI5, is drafted in to replace Home Office void left by departure of Olly Robbins

"Senior cadre" of specialists will sit outside of the familiar Whitehall hierarchy as part of efforts to give them a more clearly-defined career structure

John Manzoni tells MPs that departments and their agencies should be seen as a "total delivery system", with departments best placed to decide the level of oversight needed​

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments gives the nod to unpaid Birmingham University role for the former HMRC chief