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A “radical” drive to move departments out of London would help regions adapt following Brexit, say consultants
Cabinet Office says switch a key milestone in unlock £300m savings
Staff numbers at lowest level since 1999, but unchanged for last nine months
Real terms pay levels to be £1,700 below 2009/10 peak set before Osborne freeze
Simon Case and Katrina Williams join the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union, as government prepares to issue Article 50 notification
Review warns that continuing restraint will reduce public sector wage differential to lowest level in 20 years.
Longstanding top scientist at the environment department heading for the exit, in move Defra says comes at "natural end" of his fixed term
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Pact pledges “appropriate” pay for new starters and protects salaries of existing staff members who retrain under apprenticeship proposals
Watchdog’s anger follows government response to committee’s Grimstone Review findings
Fledgling ministry offers £90,000 a year for senior officer to deliver “single device” for international trade staff to work with
Union calls for independent review of pay as it warns that maintaining a 1% cap on pay rises is “unsustainable”
Experts say HMRC's online tool to help contractors calculate tax status is 'not fit for purpose' as effects of IR35 reforms start to bite. Rebecca Hill of CSW's sister title, PublicTechnology, reports
Continuing pay cap would mean up to 20% drop in average civil service earnings by 2020, union analysis reveals
After decades of reviews aimed at driving down the civil service's running costs, Sir Michael Barber, former chief of Blair's delivery unit, is hailed by one Whitehall-watcher as "much less celebrity and much more focused on getting the job done"
Internal appointments come ahead of expansion of the public spending watchdog’s remit
New Institute for Government report highlights key frictions between political leaders and Whitehall, including poor drafting and a lack of understanding of parliament
PCS union points out that staffing costs make up a big chunk of departmental spending, and called on Philip Hammond to ditch George Osborne's extra cuts
Civil service's head of executive recruitment tells CSW that new online recruitment tool – Applied – will focus on increasing diversity and speeding up the sifting process
Home Office perm sec on the move, with DfT chief Philip Rutnam taking the reins at Marsham Street
After the merger of DECC and BIS, the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's permanent secretary Alex Chisholm tells CSW that his department's low ranking for "organisational objectives and purpose" will be addressed in the next Civil Service People Survey
New report suggests a proportional headcount that is half the civil service-wide average