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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”

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"

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

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

New report suggests a proportional headcount that is half the civil service-wide average

Chief people officer Rupert McNeil (pictured) says current recruitment technology is “40 or 50 years out of date”

Civil service chief John Manzoni says good relationships between departments and their agencies are built on "trust, clarity of accountability" and a "shared understanding of purpose and outcomes"

Select committee seeks feedback on payment delays, registration errors, and possible tweaks

Tory former Cabinet Office heavyweight heaps praise on staff at the centre of government – but hits out at civil service churn, the quality of advice, and the skills valued in line departments

Cressida Dick set to leave Foreign Office director general role to return to policing

Dames Stella Rimington and Ursula Brennan among a group of female leaders who gathered at Buckingham Palace to mark growing number of women joining top ranks of civil service

QC who spoke at 7/7 inquest will take up post as terror laws watchdog in March

Brexit ministry confirms it is "currently exploring options" to bolster scientific advice available to it