HR

Some Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) civil servants believe Whitehall prejudice is acting as a brake on career progression, exclusive survey reveals

Budget confirms departmental agreement on 2013 plan to end automatic pay rises

Former Royal Mail managing director Mark Thomson to become director general of Passport Office for three-year term

Chancellor George Osborne's final Budget of the parliament includes move to create online HMRC accounts

MPs on the Public Administration Committee warn Capability Plan focus too 'narrow' and mid-management skills being 'hollowed out'

Education secretary Nicky Morgan confirms BP's John Hughes and Centre Forum's James Kempton to join Ofsted board as non-executive members

Advance sight of a Cabinet Office review into the civil service's LGBT record, another SNP-Whitehall fracas, and feverish Budget speculation make our regular round-up of Whitehall in the headlines

 Vince Cable confirms Ruth McKernan to step into Iain Gray's shoes at business innovation body

Business minister Matt Hancock appoints Graham Farrant as new chief executive of the Land Registry

Prime minister David Cameron says review body's call to raise salary minima for Pay Band 1 by £2,000 would undermine 'flexibility'

Departments tell National Audit Office cross-government working would be bolstered by better 'support and challenge' at the centre of government

Officials invited to 'speed-dating’ networking event to raise awareness of flexible working options

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