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Civil service disability champion Philip Rutnam says a new best practice guide will help drive up the standards of workplace adjustments across government

Minister Ben Gummer says his department is working with the Civil Service Commission to unwind coalition-era reforms – but questions remain over fate of staff already brought into government

Number of deputy directors also set to fall from 116 to 80, according to the HSJ

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

Recruitment drive looks to replace lost policy officers after former department’s relocation bid

Labour calls for opening up of “narrow, closed circle” at the top of Whitehall by including new Department for International Trade chief

ACOBA approves return to Suffolk County Council for review of councillor remuneration

Civil service chief people officer Rupert McNeil says leadership academy, launching later this year, will ask leaders to learn from successes and failures "of their peers and predecessors"

Rupert McNeil tells Institute for Government event that Maude-era guided distribution system was "necessary", but warns against "too much artificiality" ahead of April's major staff appraisal changes

Whitehall urged to "increase our specialist recruitment capability" by Government Digital Service adviser

UK's current consul general in New York heading back to Whitehall as perm sec, as DIT makes plans to bolster top team with "expert" second-in-command

Internal message to HM Revenue & Customs staff – seen by CSW – acknowledges that its estate overhaul will save less than expected, but dismisses talk of a major rethink as "just wrong"