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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