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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

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