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

The UK ran a surplus of just £1bn last month – £200m lower than July 2015

New prime minister wants new Spad pay to be capped at £72,000 a year unless signed off by Number 10

Permanent secretary of the Department for Exiting the European Union says the new organisation is "growing fast"

Janet Hughes announces that she is to leave the flagship identity assurance scheme at the end of this week

More than 40 staff unable to relocate or who turned down voluntary exit could be made redundant under first round of estate downsizing

Catch up with all the latest appointments at the Department for Exiting the European Union as it begins to flesh out its senior management team – plus all the usual Whitehall moves

Latest Labour Market Outlook from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development finds concern over employment law and migration policy

Caroline Normand set to join Which?, while other moves see the government name Lowell Goddard’s abuse inquiry replacement and Charlie Bean lined up for the Budget Responsibility Committee

MPs call on Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Education to develop new inclusion programmes particularly targeting women

National Infrastructure Commission chief executive Phil Graham tells CSW it is “disappointing” that the government has “taken so long” to decide on airport expansion

Treasury wants new director general to lead a "change management programme" at the ministry, prompted by Britain's vote to leave the EU

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

 Adviser appointments to be vetted by new prime minister's May’s joint chiefs of staff, Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy

Around 100 higher and further education staff are set to move over to the Department for Education – but the PCS union warns that many jobs are still at risk

Policy Exchange proposes “turbo charged” devolution of Whitehall functions to councils and city regions over the next five years

Exclusive: Former Cabinet Office minister says nothing should be done to weaken the "central authority" of the Government Digital Service, as the United Nations' latest e-government index has Britain at the top for the first time

Digital Marketplace team manages public sector procurement and Warren Smith has been interim director for the past five months

 Vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University to lead body that will grade higher education institutions on the quality of their teaching

Announcement comes just days after the Public Accounts Committee urged consistent leadership on winding down of HMRC's major Aspire contract

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

Exclusive: Unions seek to put brake on revised redundancy rules negotiations in wake of EU referendum

Pessimism about EU referendum fallout “particularly high” among public sector workers, finds the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Confidence, and a more commercial attitude towards project delivery, leads to better outcomes, FCO Services chief executive Danny Payne tells CSW