Government Tax Profession

Chancellor asks public sector workers to contribute ideas to cut government costs 

BIS director general Bernadette Kelly to fill Clare Moriarty’s role as rail director general at Department for Transport

Redundancy pay cap unveiled by ministers – but unions warn of impact on workforce management

Cabinet Office announces that Bill Crothers – who oversaw the set-up of the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) – is to leave post, with search for successor already underway

Simon McDonald, UK ambassador to Germany since 2010, to take up post as FCO's most senior official from September

Justice department to run policy fellowships to expand “pool of people” delivering extensive reform programme

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs appoints Emma Howard Boyd to agency

Union – which currently represents the most senior tiers of the civil service – launches new organisation aiming to expand into HEO and SEO grades

Energy secretary Amber Rudd calls time on household energy efficiency scheme

Committee chair warns change to rules ahead of Europe vote has "cast a shadow of doubt over the propriety of the process"

As the purse strings tighten, government departments are seeing the benefits of working together. Tim Gibson reports from a CSW roundtable that explored how best to make collaboration happen

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs appoints deputy as new chief of Drinking Water Inspectorate