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"Open, international" hunt for a new official to lead the Brexit-focused trade department may not be plain sailing for the trade secretary, experts tell CSW

Civil service network seeks to build pan-Whitehall expertise in areas such as payment-by results and agent-based modelling

Reduction in civil service headcount has created a more middle-aged organisation that is less well equipped for future challenges, says the National Audit Office

Former Cabinet Office perm sec and one time Football Association chief gets the back of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Rapson – named as one of Cranfield University's "100 Women to Watch" last year – is to leave post next month after more than a decade in the civil service

New Cabinet Office minister argues that the civil service has "already risen to the challenge" of Brexit as Labour says now is not the time to be "laying off civil servants and slashing budgets"

Ben Gummer says requirement for managers to allocate set proportion of staff as poor performers – condemned as "divisive" by unions – is being considered as part of ongoing review of the civil service performance management system

Government's pick for the job of First Civil Service Commissioner calls for a more realistic approach to honest failure as he faces MPs for a scrutiny hearing

Treasury resistance hampered early planning, while over-stretched senior officials failed to spot warning signs that the project to overhaul benefits was failing, according to an in-depth report published by the Institute for Government

Department urged to ensure that "drive to deliver greater numbers" is not "delivered at the expense of delivering maximum value"

New group chief technology officer will be responsible for driving shared IT services – with DCLG looking for candidates who will challenge "the status quo"

Independent advisers to the government say law on misconduct in public office is "unclear" and "ambiguous"

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

Andrew Rhodes, director general of operations at the Department for Work and Pensions says civil service risks missing out on different views and perspectives "because we are not socially diverse enough"

Former Cabinet Office perm sec – and one-time Football Association chief exec – set to return as Civil Service Commissioner, subject to approval from MPs

Britain's former top civil servant argues that we must “push back” deadline for achieving budget surplus in light of post-referendum economic uncertainty

Number 10 says pay rises reflect "change in scale and scope of the range of responsibilities going from coalition to single party government" – as Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party seize on CSW's story

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

Civil service unions hit out as new CSW analysis shows that many outgoing Number 10 advisers had substantial year-on-year pay rises, as well as enhanced redundancy terms and honours​

Full details on the new leadership team at the DIT – as former UK Trade and Investments chief exec Andrew Cahn tells CSW that setting up a new department could have a "really serious frictional cost"

David Hoare steps down after saying the Isle of Wight suffered from a "mass" of crime, drug and unemployment problems

Leaked risk assessment highlights concerns over workforce and Brexit – but Whitehall source points out that such documents are designed to set out "worst-case scenario"

Advertisement for the role of Wales' top official goes live – as first minister Carwyn Jones emphasises that Brexit means "fundamental change for Wales and the UK as a whole"

How can Whitehall departments be persuaded to collaborate more effectively to achieve greater efficiency and savings? Mark Smulian reports on a round table discussion of the issue sponsored by CGI at Civil Service Live and led by the Ministry of Justice permanent secretary Richard Heaton