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Rupert McNeil said professions will play a key role in ensuring the civil service can offer pay packages that attract and retain talented people

Union writes to ministers including Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Jeremy Hunt highlighting departments' ability to make case for pay deals above the 1% limit

PCS union reiterates call for return to national bargaining across the entire civil service

Public and Commercial Services union say ending the cap only for professions covered by pay review bodies would not be acceptable

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

Plan would allow pay review bodies to recommend increases above 1%, which means it might not apply across the civil service

Briefing of pay review branded a shambles as Number 10 then confirms no change to policy

First ever analysis into pay differential by a Whitehall department sets example for government, says permanent secretary Jonathan Slater

Civil service union said there is “an unarguable case” to lift restrictions after the Conservatives lost their majority at the election

Civil servants most likely to say office politics exist in their workplace, and men are more likely to think that’s a good thing

Survey finding comes after former civil service chief Lord Kerslake and Number 10 chief of staff Gavin Barwell said the policy cost Conservatives election support

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