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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

Public Accounts Committee warns “a lot at stake” with Carrier Strike programme 

Next stage in HMCTS modernisation programme could see eight closures

Official statistics body launches audit of inequalities data and signals desire to work closely with rest of government and civil society

MPs get update on outsourced prisons contract as Cabinet Office reports public services are being maintained

Review of the role of non-executives concludes that few Whitehall boards are working well

Best practice in government statistics award renamed in honour of former RSS president Sir Harry Campion

Cabinet Office has reportedly been monitoring the firm since last September amid fears for future

New deputy director will lead centralised team helping Whitehall manage the digital implications of leaving the EU while maintaining longer-term transformation goals

Public administration select committee announces new inquiry into risks of outsourcing following collapse of contractor Carillion

Cabinet Office records fall in civil service sickness absence but high proportion of sick days due to mental ill health

MPs urge government to scrap immigration target and introduce annual migration report

David Lidington said it would not have been responsible for the government to bail out the firm that works on rail projects as well as managing prisons and providing school meals