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Government employment is now at the highest level since March 2015

Figures revealed in parliamentary answers show number and length of contracts for temporary workers in some departments

PCS union calls for “urgent solution” from DWP that will see pay increases implemented from July for staff not subject to Treasury guidance

Read the full list of civil servants honoured

Council chief execs also offered cap-busting rise, bagging same 2% deal offered to rank-and-file staff

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

Government tells PCS 1% cap will remain in place with any rises to be found from departmental budgets

BEIS’s Pocklington heads to Marsham Street as DIT hires banker Mark Slaughter as new investment DG

NAO report reveals the firm made two requests for millions of pounds from government before it was liquidated, but both were denied

Government looks to create up to 50 different tests for candidates

Leslie Evans reveals that Edinburgh administration has made contact with Welsh Government colleagues for an update on the scheme

More than 200 former staff left out of pocket via Voluntary Exit Scheme