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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

Move “treating public servants with contempt”, says Whitehall's biggest union

Overall increase in Whitehall headcount obscures steep decline in the health ministry

Survey  finds that almost a third of officials would like to leave the civil service ‘as soon as possible, as unions call for new pay guidance

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

Queen’s Birthday Honours list also includes knighthood for UN under-secretary general Stephen O’Brien