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Research into cognitive decline shows officials in higher grades remain sharper until they retire

Plan also proposes “radically” reducing pay differentials between director general roles across departments, but any pay increase above the 1% cap in 2018-19 will need to be paid for by productivity improvements

National Audit Office review flags skills gaps amid departments ‘unique’ dual role

IfG Whitehall Monitor also highlighted the impact that ministerial turnover is having in policy delivery, including Brexit

David Sterling tells MPs he finds it “unacceptable” that Northern Ireland has had no executive for a year

Perm sec Richard Heaton admitted to being “startled and stunned” by the over-ambitious scheme

PCS calls for pause in programme and more resources for HMRC as it plans for post-Brexit customs landscape

Think tank has called on the government to undertake “thorough review of the public sector’s relationship with contractors” amid sector’s woes.

Government Communications Service director Alex Aiken says social media team will ‘reclaim a fact-based public debate’

FDA union for senior civil servants to write to Defra secretary of state to ask for an explanation of the “unhelpful and inaccurate” comments made in Cabinet

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Request is a first in providing statutory cover for Brexit outlay ahead of EU-exit legislation clearing parliament