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Baroness Stowell, Lord Heseltine, Baroness Warsi and Harriet Harman are the latest former minsters to look back on their time in Whitehall as part of the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect series. They reveal the good and the bad of the civil service

Appointments watchdog calls on departments to better coordinate their public appointments teams

National Audit Office warns shortage of key commercial and cost assurance experts could jeopardise £1.7bn savings target from non-competitive contracts

MPs raise concerns about department’s attitude to science advice after learning its acting chief scientific advisor is an economist

HMRC chief says the organisation will present a ‘reprioritisation’ plan to ministers next year, and plans to hire more staff as Brexit workload increases

Science and Technology Committee to assess quality and extent of research used in government interventions and early-years policy

International development secretary and top officials insist department is pioneering transparency standards in government

Welsh Government “innovation directory” will pull together more timely big data and analysis for economists and policy makers

Steve Allen to leave government-owned company building new rail link after auditors slam unauthorised redundancy payments

PCS general secretary also claims that civil servants have implemented some government reforms “unwillingly”