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John Manzoni tells MPs that departments and their agencies should be seen as a "total delivery system", with departments best placed to decide the level of oversight needed
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments gives the nod to unpaid Birmingham University role for the former HMRC chief
Former Department for Work and Pensions permanent secretary Sir Leigh Lewis calls for rethink of the "crazy" civil service grading structure
Amid all the drama of last week’s arrival of a new government, it was easy to miss the launch of the Civil Service Workforce Plan. But, as Suzannah Brecknell explains, it’s a document that could have major implications for the future of the organisation as it grapples with the big challenges ahead
With Matt Hancock leaving the government as part of new prime minister Theresa May's frontbench shake-up, CSW's colleagues on Dods People have put together a profile of Ben Gummer, the man who replaces him as minister for the Cabinet Office
One-month boost to exit packages for all outgoing Spads who were reappointed in 2015 comes as Cabinet Office seeks to reduce civil service redundancy pay – and triggers request for ministerial direction from the department's most senior official, John Manzoni
Former FCO chief insists old department will be "absolutely at the heart of" new prime minister's task of quitting the European Union
Cabinet secretary gives nod to existing Brexit unit as he calls on civil service "to ensure everyday business of government and providing public services goes on"
Pay reviews are welcome, say union chiefs – but they must not deepen pay divide between existing staff and external recruits
Exclusive: Civil service workforce plan launches with promise to increase specialisation, improve training – and review the civil service "reward offer"
Institute for Government warns of "time, cost and distraction that would inevitably come from creating an entirely new organisation"
Leadsom says interests of the UK "best served by the immediate appointment of a strong and well-supported prime minister" and confirms she is standing aside
Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy says lack of Brexit planning "indicated the prioritisation of political interests above national security,"
Cabinet Office confirms pilots will test changes to civil service-wide staff grading system, but draws fire for “frustratingly slow” progress
Foreign secretary tells MPs that government wanted to avoid making "an unwarranted intervention in the course of the campaign" over Britain's place in the European Union
Energy minister – who wants to trigger Article 50 sooner rather than later – knocks Michael Gove out of the race to be Tory leader
Former Public Accounts Committee chair tells PoliticsHome that she is "truly shocked" at Sir Nick Macpherson's new role with C Hoare & Co
The Grimstone overhaul of the Commissioner for Public Appointments "risks a loss of public confidence and trust" in the way key quango jobs are filled, warn MPs on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Education committee says Amanda Spielman "responses on child protection were particularly troubling"
Oliver Letwin tells Foreign Affairs committee that the Brexit unit has no budgetary constraints so far, though it currently only exists in “virtual” form
Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) 85,000 staff will be encouraged to save with member-owned financial institutions
Ombudsman steps down after admitting “mistakes” in her handling of correspondence about former managing director who covered up sexual harassment
National Audit Office says landscape of quangos "remains confused and incoherent"
Roxburgh fills post previously held by John Kingman, who is leaving to become new chair of Legal & General