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26% of competitions overseen by Whitehall's jobs watchdog saw private sector candidates appointed in 2015-16, new data show

Unions welcome commitment to change controversial “guided distribution” system ahead of pilot results

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

New research from the Civil Service Commission finds that while BME civil servants represented more than a tenth of all applicants to senior jobs, they made up less than 5% of those chosen for interview

Major speech by the head of the public spending watchdog warns ministers to stop asking the civil service to run on "perpetual overload"

Foreign Affairs Committee lays into decision not to let departments plan for a vote to leave the European Union – and warns that the new Brexit department must not deprive the Foreign Office of resources

 Former head of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure, which reports to MI5, is drafted in to replace Home Office void left by departure of Olly Robbins

"Senior cadre" of specialists will sit outside of the familiar Whitehall hierarchy as part of efforts to give them a more clearly-defined career structure

John Manzoni tells MPs that departments and their agencies should be seen as a "total delivery system", with departments best placed to decide the level of oversight needed​

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments gives the nod to unpaid Birmingham University role for the former HMRC chief

Former Department for Work and Pensions permanent secretary Sir Leigh Lewis calls for rethink of the "crazy" civil service grading structure

Amid all the drama of last week’s arrival of a new government, it was easy to miss the launch of the Civil Service Workforce Plan. But, as Suzannah Brecknell explains, it’s a document that could have major implications for the future of the organisation as it grapples with the big challenges ahead

With Matt Hancock leaving the government as part of new prime minister Theresa May's frontbench shake-up, CSW's colleagues on Dods People have put together a profile of Ben Gummer, the man who replaces him as minister for the Cabinet Office

One-month boost to exit packages for all outgoing Spads who were reappointed in 2015 comes as Cabinet Office seeks to reduce civil service redundancy pay – and triggers request for ministerial direction from the department's most senior official, John Manzoni

Former FCO chief insists old department will be "absolutely at the heart of" new prime minister's task of quitting the European Union

Cabinet secretary gives nod to existing Brexit unit as he calls on civil service "to ensure everyday business of government and providing public services goes on"

Pay reviews are welcome, say union chiefs – but they must not deepen pay divide between existing staff and external recruits

Exclusive: Civil service workforce plan launches with promise to increase specialisation, improve training – and review the civil service "reward offer"

Institute for Government warns of "time, cost and distraction that would inevitably come from creating an entirely new organisation"

Leadsom says interests of the UK "best served by the immediate appointment of a strong and well-supported prime minister" and confirms she is standing aside

Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy says lack of Brexit planning "indicated the prioritisation of political interests above national security,"

Cabinet Office confirms pilots will test changes to civil service-wide staff grading system, but draws fire for “frustratingly slow” progress

Foreign secretary tells MPs that government wanted to avoid making "an unwarranted intervention in the course of the campaign" over Britain's place in the European Union

Energy minister – who wants to trigger Article 50 sooner rather than later – knocks Michael Gove out of the race to be Tory leader