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Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude tells CSW that performance management should move from a system where managers categorise set proportions of staff as performing well, acceptably and poorly to one where employees are individually ranked best to worst
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg promises above-inflation payrise for public sector from 2019 if party holds "balance of power"
Foreign Office announces that its permanent secretary Simon Fraser is to leave Whitehall at the end of July
In the second of CSW's in-depth assessments of the party manifestos, Mark Rowe picks apart the Tory document to find out what the party has in store for the civil service
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan says civil service's Fast Stream graduate programme will have 'diversity targets and quotas' to improve black and minority ethnic representation
Former Scope and Mencap IT director Conall Bullock takes on newly-created Cabinet Office role, reporting directly to permanent secretary Richard Heaton
Kate Collyer appointed to the new role of deputy chief economic adviser at the Competition and Markets Authority
New study by CSMA club highlights gap between public and private sector attitudes to work
Prime Minister David Cameron suggests memo on Nicola Sturgeon's contact with the French ambassador could have been leaked by coalition partners
Civil Service Policy Profession to trial policy degree for future civil service leaders in a bid to professionalise government policy-making
Exclusive: Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood sets out revised Talent Action Plan after 'worrying' government-commissioned reports on LGBT, BME and disability representation in the civil service
Report by former Stonewall chief executive, commissioned by the Cabinet Office, says many LGBT staff feel 'pressured to fit into a conventional mould'
SCS requirement for 'supreme flexibility' in working is holding back disabled civil servants, one of three government-commissioned reports on diversity finds
The National Audit Office finds no evidence that Capita inflated management fees or deliberately delayed payments to suppliers in Civil Service Learning contract, but watchdog does not pass judgement on overall value for money of the scheme. CSW looks at the report's key findings
Report by the Public Accounts Committee says HMRC too slow in identifying potential abuse of tax reliefs
Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announces £0.5m fine for UK Export Finance for failing to comply with rules on designating staff as contractors
Ministry of Defence appoints its first chief executive of its procurement arm Defence Equipment and Support
Cabinet Office says contracts for private firms running public services will include 'presumption in favour of disclosing information' to the public
GDS's Mike Bracken appointed to new chief data officer role aiming to improve Whitehall's use of data
Celebrations about his departure "might not be necessary", minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude jokes at Reform think tank event
Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude confirms that Standard Life's Sir Gerry Grimstone will review work of the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments
Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude, who is stepping down as an MP in May, tells Sky News there is a 'huge amount' of work left to do
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee warn commercial skills gap at Defence Equipment and Support will undermine MoD efforts to reduce costs if not addressed