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Committee to investigate after government “flatly rejected” proposals to beef up the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

Research into cognitive decline shows officials in higher grades remain sharper until they retire

Plan also proposes “radically” reducing pay differentials between director general roles across departments, but any pay increase above the 1% cap in 2018-19 will need to be paid for by productivity improvements

National Audit Office review flags skills gaps amid departments ‘unique’ dual role

Chief executive also said workforce restructuring will help reset the relationship between government and private sector, and civil servants and politicians

IfG Whitehall Monitor also highlighted the impact that ministerial turnover is having in policy delivery, including Brexit

Appointment is one of a number of posts announced in a reshuffle of top roles in the Northern Ireland Civil Service

FDA union for senior civil servants to write to Defra secretary of state to ask for an explanation of the “unhelpful and inaccurate” comments made in Cabinet

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

Former Network Rail chief exec and Olympics infrastructure tsar will succeed Andrew Adonis on a permanent basis

New data shows dip in proportion of staff who went 12 months without taking time off because of ill health

Review of the role of non-executives concludes that few Whitehall boards are working well

New deputy director will lead centralised team helping Whitehall manage the digital implications of leaving the EU while maintaining longer-term transformation goals

Cabinet secretary tells MPs Whitehall is looking at ways to reward civil servants who stay in their jobs for longer

Cabinet Office records fall in civil service sickness absence but high proportion of sick days due to mental ill health

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

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

Promotion for current finance DG as Sir Robert Devereux prepares to retire later this month

Department’s services arm offers up to £43k for globe-trotting specialists

Government claims 10-year plan to converge back office services will save millions of pounds

Entire ministerial team at the central Whitehall department changes as Theresa May completes wide-ranging government reshuffle

Code updated to protect staff and prevent inappropriate overseas visits following Damian Green, Michael Fallon and Priti Patel scandals

Transport department insists that franchise will continue to meet financial terms to 2020 and has paid more to Treasury than previous state-owned operator