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MPs slam department’s weak oversight after company made unauthorised redundancy payouts totalling £1.76m

Heywood and Manzoni salary bands remain unchanged from last year, but the number of government staff earning £150,000 or more rises 13%

Union berates department for being forced into the move to comply with National Living Wage

Staff at agency near the bottom of the civil service pay satisfaction table, but unable to take strike action

Watchdog MP Meg Hillier slams two-year time-lag that has seen millions of pounds spent on services from an "inadequate" provider

Public appointment commissioner lauds progress on gender diversity but brands record for disabled people “inadequate”

ONS figures reveal 300 staff moving from BEIS to DfE following shift in responsibility for further education

Automation can create jobs with the right policies in place, deputy leader Tom Watson says in new report

Cabinet secretary makes “statement of intent” about future rights to work in government

Whitehall’s chief executive says thousands of civil servants have already been moved into Brexit roles, with around a quarter coming from outside government

Former civil service head raises concerns about increasing demand pressures across the health service

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

 Public Accounts Committee criticises departments' “business as usual” assumption for 2019 and berates pace of pan-Whitehall Border Planning Group 

Tax agency has signed a 25-year lease on London office for 3,800 staff

Letter from Cabinet Office minister Damian Green says government will consider a cap-busting increase “in return for improvements to public sector productivity”

Union’s national executive agrees to prepare for statutory strike ballot

Former Cabinet Office minister told MPs he became disillusioned with civil service skills and repeats call for basic training

NAO report identifies staffing gaps in five departments and high rate of turnover in DExEU

Department for Education insists process was followed with regard to Steve Lamey, who alleges a “witch hunt”

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

Tax collection agency picks internal candidate as Edward Troup retires

Department leads on over one-fifth of the cross-Whitehall projects that need to be implemented for EU exit, according to auditors

Lack of Brexit clarity has stoked fears that government “will expect the impossible” from immigration staff

Appointments expected in first half of 2018 will fulfil Conservative party manifesto promise