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Department’s annual report details £46.5m rise against 700-strong boost in workers

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

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