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Think tank Reform wants department to boost digital infrastructure with savings from Whitehall’s automation agenda

Department begins recruiting for post-Brexit arm’s length body

Appointment of Angela MacDonald and Penny Ciniewicz follows departures of key staff Ruth Owen and Jennie Granger earlier this year

Watchdog says too few impact assessments on new regulations are fit for purpose

Cabinet Office and Scottish Government among eight organisations given red rating for recruitment capability, while Treasury identified as paying 20% over an advertised salary range without seeking authorisation

ACOBA's annual report shows 27% hike in requests from former Crown servants to take up non-Whitehall roles

Agency’s annual report says it will miss its target for identifying and preventing losses in the tax credits system for a second year running

Osborne-led department rapped Theresa May’s domain over pay agreement for child-abuse inquiry chief, it has emerged

The chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee finds the Donmar’s new musical Committee a fair and compelling portrayal of the hearing on the collapse of Kids Company 

Meanwhile, Conservative Bernard Jenkin retains helm of Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee, while Labour’s Meg Hillier keeps hold of Public Accounts Committee

NAO says the department’s efforts to tackle online fraud are ‘not proportionate to the threat’

Conservative minority government’s Westminster woes will extend beyond the division lobbies, says think tank