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Prime minister side-steps question about recent Institute for Government report under questioning from the Liaison committee

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

Foreign Affairs Committee warns Treasury to "urgently" consider a rethink of the Foreign Office's budget plans given the vote for Brexit

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