Economics

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​