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PWC partner Charles Lloyd shares his experience of life in Whitehall – and the different style of governments in the Middle East – in a regular Q&A with people who’ve crossed organisational and sectoral boundaries to join a new working world

New business secretary promises expansion of anti-regulation scheme in new enterprise bill

FDA union general secretary Dave Penman warns that civil servants have been left "undervalued, exhausted and unclear about the future"

Number 10 confirms plan to look again at ministerial veto over Freedom of Information requests, ahead of publication of Prince Charles' letters to departments

New Minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock will have the same responsibilities as his predecessor Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office confirms

Prime minister David Cameron to promise moves on benefit cap and childcare will be at the centre of the Queen's Speech

As Matt Hancock takes up post as Cabinet Office minister in charge of efficiency and civil service reform, Sam Faroqui assesses his career to date

As David Cameron finalises post-election Cabinet, former business minister Matt Hancock is unveiled as Francis Maude's replacement

John Whittingdale to lead culture department, Amber Rudd gets energy and Sajid Javid moves to BIS, as post-election reshuffle continues

Department for Work and Pensions to be led by Iain Duncan Smith again as Cameron fleshes out new government

Former education secretary Michael Gove to take on justice secretary role while Nicky Morgan stays at DfE

Prime minister David Cameron has announced the re-appointment of Cabinet ministers George Osborne, Theresa May, Philip Hammond and Michael Fallon

Follow all the results and reaction as candidates and parties learn their fate. Rolling liveblog provided by CSW's sister site PoliticsHome.com

Labour and Conservatives neck-and-neck as country heads to the polls for election 2015

As the country goes to the polls, here's CSW's full guide to what the 2015 election will mean for the civil service

New poll of health workers by Dods Research finds Labour most trusted on NHS, but there is doubt over the main parties' policy pledges

Former cabinet secretary Gus O'Donnell says fixed term parliament act means minority government could be "relatively" stable

Senior civil servants are used to facing tough questioning from select committees. Elizabeth Bates looks at what the next parliament might have in store for these powerful groups of MPs

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude tells CSW that performance management should move from a system where managers categorise set proportions of staff as performing well, acceptably and poorly to one where employees are individually ranked best to worst

Michael Barber joins former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley at event on delivery co-hosted by the Cabinet Office, Centre for Public Impact and Institute for Government

Thirty three companies take the lion’s share of central government procurement spending, between them receiving roughly £10bn of Whitehall money each year. But who are they? Do they truly understand the public sector? And do civil servants trust them? Rebecca Sims-Robinson crunches the numbers.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg promises above-inflation payrise for public sector from 2019 if party holds "balance of power"

Exclusive: Labour peer in charge of preparing party for government says he wants to avoid "civil service wars" associated with creating, scrapping and merging departments, but eyes greater role for Number 10