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Cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood announces individuals and teams winning 2017 awards

Peter Lauener defends “different approach” to contract termination after provider’s inadequate Ofsted rating

PCS launches nationwide ballot on sentiment and readiness for industrial action

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

Josh Tapper to work in the Cabinet Office in the two-year scheme

Boost comes after Nicola Sturgeon promised to lift public sector pay cap in Scotland from April 2018

Prof Ian Boyd cancels decision to step down and pledges to stay on for “at least another year”

John Manzoni announces programme’s improvement in Times ranking a year after diversity reforms were implemented

Scottish Conservative leader calls on government to fulfil manifesto pledges to move “significant numbers” of civil servants out of Whitehall

Sir Jeremy Heywood releases survey as new leadership academy starts work helping civil servants manage change

Offer to ‘transform pay system’ of weather forecaster follows legal action from female employees earning £7,000 less than male colleagues

FDA warned that any 2018-19 pay increase ‘must be fully funded to have meaningful impact’ as Boris Johnson calls for staff cuts