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Centre of government has 'little oversight' of departmental travel policies, the National Audit Office warns

Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude hails £26m-a-year facility-time savings, but Labour's Lucy Powell goes on the attack

Department for Education announces members for commission on new ways to assess pupil ability

Four new members appointed to Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Sir Patrick Brown appointed as chair of the Oil and Gas Authority

Institute for Government urges greater focus on collaboration and long-term planning

Public Administration Select Committee urges greater role for Cabinet Office in planning for the future and ending departmental duplication

Whitehall should be prepared to take responsibility for delivering programmes, says Troubled Families chief Louise Casey

MoD and NHS England handed fines over workers paid through service companies

Committee urges greater diversity in intelligence agencies

Reports that Equiniti - 51% owners of joint mutual overseeing Whitehall pensions - being sized up for stock market debut or sale

Matt Hancock announces that Jonathon Cave, Nicole Kar, Jeremy Mayhew and Alexander Ehmann will join the independent body

Former NAO director Mark Babington joins Financial Reporting Council 

Defence committee chair stresses warning over Russian expertise

Sir Bob Kerslake to enter the House of Lords

Cabinet Office releases social media guidance to get more officials online

Tensions between ministers and civil servants over autonomy are overstated, David Cameron tells Liaison Committee

The prime minister rejects calls for a review of the public appointments procedure

First minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon says Scottish National party should be included in Whitehall pre-election talks

The civil service’s first chief executive has an ambitious agenda to define the next era of Whitehall reform – whatever those “damn politicians” might be planning. Jess Bowie meets him

Appointments, job changes and exits among senior civil servants and key figures in the wider public sector

Ben Yong and Robert Hazell's book on special advisers is a 'must read' for ministers,  spads and civil servants, says former cabinet secretary Lord O'Donnell

New Diplomatic Academy set up to improve knowledge and skills of FCO staff 

In spite of its negativity, John Seddon’s analysis should make Whitehall sit up and take notice, says Labour MP Barry Sheerman