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Is a lack of access to mobile technology holding the public sector back?More managers feel able to work flexibly, compared to last year, an FDA survey finds, but workloads are still preventing one in four from taking up flexible working

Party’s manifesto confirms pledge to end public sector pay cap and take rail franchises into Whitehall control

Liberal Democrats join Labour in pledging to scrap 1% limit on wage increases

Senior Foreign Office figure will become top aide to prime minister

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

Conservationists voice fears over proposals to remodel listed city office block

Ken Mulkearn says that 1% limit on increases under pressure due to service pressures

IFS analysis finds both Labour and Conservative plans would lead to increase in proportion of public sector workers paid national minimum wage

FDA union calls for more investment in the civil service, as survey shows that 91% of senior managers regularly work more than their contracted hours

Advert for team of six with a £600,000 budget comes as former privacy adviser calls for a total review and reset of the government’s identity assurance services

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

Party would also introduce 20:1 pay ratio across Whitehall