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Communities secretary backs Casey review call for public office holders to swear an oath affirming "respect for the rule of law, equality and tolerance"

Co-founder of healthcare intelligence firm Dr Foster to take up post in January, says the DfE

New service will allow users that have logged in once to automatically join the WiFi in any government building that runs the service

Union urges Cabinet Office to think again after members reject reforms to civil service redundancy terms

National Audit Office report on Crown Commercial Service blames failure to achieve forecast procurement savings on “overambitious targets, poor planning, inadequate data and lack of buy in”

 

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

But think tank warns that ministers could jeopardise its success by scaling back resourcing or attempting to widen its scope too much

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Professor Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up...

HMRC’s Jon Thompson and MoD’s Stephen Lovegrove shed light on what the end of guided distribution will mean for staff, as Prospect union and the Public Service People Managers' Association give their take on getting performance management right

Head of the Public and Commercial Services union undergoes op after three months on stand-by at Papworth Hospital

Cross-department team behind HR reform proposals wins Reimagine Challenge. Matt Ross reports

Prime minister suggests civil servants are reluctant to speak their own minds to her and blames Whitehall for creating the acronym “JAMs”

Unions claim victory as Cabinet Office briefs on major change to civil service performance management system introduced by Francis Maude, including axing of requirement for guided distribution. CSW has the full detail and reaction

HMRC job ad says London Office will be moving to Canary Wharf as a "transitional site in summer 2017"

 Public Service Ombudsman would ditch the much-criticised "MP filter" and let members of the public make direct complaints about services

Cabinet Office says "around 5,700 full time civil and public servants" to make the move from central London to Canary Wharf by 2018

Ipsos Mori research shows a drop in trust of  politicians, ministers, business leaders, charity leaders, and the ordinary man in the street

PCS vote "does not change the fact" that redundancy overhaul "was accepted by the large majority of unions", says minister Michael Ellis, as SNP and Labour MPs blast government handling of the Compensation Scheme changes

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

Former High Commissioner to Malta Rob Luke to take on policy role with the Information Commissioner's Office

From "trusted adviser" to "shock absorber", the cabinet secretary has a job description like no other. Matt Foster listened in as Sir Jeremy Heywood and his five predecessors reflected on 100 years of the post – and asked what it takes to serve as Britain's top official. Main image credit: Institute for Government

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. This list will be updated throughout December, so check back regularly!

MPs say DfE must not focus solely on hitting target as it overhauls the UK's apprenticeships system

Union's general secretary Mark Serwotka hails "resounding rejection" of already-introduced Compensation Scheme changes