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Transport and defence departments to bear the brunt of extra cuts this year

Austin Mitchell reviews a new book examining the impact of decades of reform to central government 

Report by the National Audit Office says Home Office must improve its understanding of individual police forces, and how further funding cuts could impact service delivery

Simon Stevens calls for £22bn of savings as NHS Confederation warns health service under serious financial pressure

Former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell calls on new Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock to scrap a rule which means fast streamers must change jobs every six months

Meg Munn served as a minister for more than three years. Here she reflects on her time working with civil servants, including her attempts to get officials to ditch "baffling" jargon

Number 10 spokesperson denies new units tracking policy progress are a "judgement on the civil service"

Official in charge of Scotland’s fair work agenda admits set-up of Scottish civil service keeps out applicants with criminal convictions

Civil Service World survey finds civil servants undecided over whether departments still make sense as services move online

Report by the National Audit Office says Department for Work and Pensions must get better at spotting potential problems with big schemes

FDA and PCS unions sound the alarm over proposals to end "six figure" public sector redundancy pay

Government's legislative programme takes shape as Queen's Speech kicks off new parliamentary session

Government to set out legislative programme, but plan to scrap Human Rights Act reportedly delayed

With longstanding public accounts committee chair Margaret Hodge announcing that she won't be seeking another five years at the helm of parliament's powerful cross-party spending watchdog, Civil Service World asked the three Labour MPs hoping to succeed her why they want the job, and whether they think the committee's treatment of officials needs to change

Civil service culture is perceived to be one of the biggest barriers to digital change, a survey carried out by techUK reveals 

New minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock has set out his stall for five more years of civil service reform. Here's our full report on how it unfolded

Inquiry led by cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood points the finger at former scottish secretary and his special adviser for leaking of Nicola Sturgeon memo, but civil servant at centre of claims is cleared

In full: "Making the civil service work for modern Britain", Minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock's May 22 speech to the Institute for Government on civil service reform

New man in 70 Whitehall to tell IfG he wants officials to "feel in control of their destiny"

No headcount changes under chancellor's plan to merge Shareholder Executive (ShEx) and UK Financial Investments (UKFI) into one body overseeing privatisations

CSW wants civil servants' questions for the MPs set to replace Margaret Hodge at PAC

Chancellor tells CBI he's asked departments to find further cuts in current financial year, and announces merger of the two bodies overseeing state assets

First minister Nicola Sturgeon appoints new top civil servant to Scottish government

Labour MP Margaret Hodge bows out of race to chair the influential public accounts committee