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Department signs ‘digital charter’ with 15 companies

PCS says contractors' use of agency staff to cover industrial action may have broken the law

Respect in civil service is ‘earned and deserved’, cabinet secretary tells officials after ambassador’s resignation

Sir David Normington tells event that attacks on officials could be "passing phase" or "existential threat"

Annual report also details declining spending on consultants and temporary staff

Industrial action will be the latest in a series of strikes that have been backed by high-profile MPs 

Foreign Office permanent secretary says probe will be government-wide as emails had a "very wide" readership in Whitehall

Foreign Office says ambassadors must be able to give "honest, unvarnished" opinions in confidence

Cabinet secretary says that leaks are ‘incredibly damaging for the overall integrity of the civil service’

Appointment comes more than a year after communities department advertised for a chief scientific adviser

Any day rates over £750 require ministerial sign off from this month under 'enhanced approvals' process, Cabinet Office chief tells PACAC

Select committee scrutiny comes after CSW reveals repayments being demanded from retired officials

Appeal had led to delay in revelation of the civil service pension scheme

Hunt also unveils plans for cabinet taskforce to keep pressure on no-deal planning as rival Boris Johnson told to scrap Whitehall departments

Labour say report reveals 'unconstitutional political intervention', but FDA accuses Times of reporting 'tittle-tattle over coffee' as if it was the settled view of civil servants

Prospect members protest at imposition of rejected 1.3% pay offer

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

Departments set for new mentoring pilot and urged to use better executive search firms

Department chiefs twice as likely to have attended a fee-paying school than a comprehensive, education charity says

Office for Disability Issues expansion hailed as a "bold statement from the government" to address injustices

Migration Advisory Committee asked to look again at regional earnings thresholds and ‘high public value’ jobs with low pay

McLean was awarded damehood for services to mathematical biology and advice to government

PCS says Mitie move for new regional hubs prompts “very real concerns” over staff safety

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