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IFS deputy director Carl Emmerson among new appointments to Social Security Advisory Committee
Martin Donnelly and Alex Chisholm leading the newly-created department as joint permanent secretaries
New director Crystal Akass and operations lead Jo Rodrigues will report to chief people officer Rupert McNeil
Earlier this month, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority published its annual report shedding light on the government’s largest and most complex projects. Alongside details on budget and timelines, each project is given a red, amber or green rating to indicate how likely it is to deliver expected benefits. Suzannah Brecknell takes a look at some of the key findings
HMRC's customer service director general says she is "confident that what the Public Accounts Committee are suggesting won't happen"
New service charter sets out what the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman expects from departments and NHS trusts
Think tank calls for stronger sector-wide systems to support and learn from failing organisations
Former Scottish government and DCLG perm sec says public sector workforce has a "subsidiary and problematic status" in variants of the New Public Management model in vogue with politicians since Margaret Thatcher
26% of competitions overseen by Whitehall's jobs watchdog saw private sector candidates appointed in 2015-16, new data show
Unions welcome commitment to change controversial “guided distribution” system ahead of pilot results
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
New research from the Civil Service Commission finds that while BME civil servants represented more than a tenth of all applicants to senior jobs, they made up less than 5% of those chosen for interview
Major speech by the head of the public spending watchdog warns ministers to stop asking the civil service to run on "perpetual overload"
Foreign Affairs Committee lays into decision not to let departments plan for a vote to leave the European Union – and warns that the new Brexit department must not deprive the Foreign Office of resources
Former head of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure, which reports to MI5, is drafted in to replace Home Office void left by departure of Olly Robbins
"Senior cadre" of specialists will sit outside of the familiar Whitehall hierarchy as part of efforts to give them a more clearly-defined career structure
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"