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Exclusive: Ian Watmore tells CSW he is "absolutely convinced" that the current crop of ministers "wants to preserve Northcote-Travelyan" model of an impartial civil service, as he sets out focus on diversity, skills and leadership

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

Labour Party says appointment of Pippa Malmgren raises “awkward questions” for international trade secretary Liam Fox

Civil service staff feedback underscores capacity issues and extent of job losses and pay squeeze, main trade bodies warn

Mark Leftly reports on growing support among parliament's influential select committees to let MPs "blackball" ministers' choices for key public sector jobs

Equality and Human Rights Commission staff protest job losses and cuts in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow

Singleton has been director of newsgathering for the broadcaster since 2013

"I’m confident that they will get there. But no-one should be under illusions – this is an enormous job", says former cabinet secretary

This year's People Survey provides a snapshot of morale at Whitehall's newest organisations: the Department for Exiting the European Union, the Department for International Trade, and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Matt Foster crunches the numbers

Staff responses signal across-the-board plunge on all key measures, and make department Whitehall’s lowest employee-engagement performer

2016 People Survey shows overall year-on-year rise in staff engagement, but claims of bullying, harassment and discrimination at highest recorded levels

Former Foreign Office permanent secretary warns Brexit committee over morale concerns if outside experts are paid more than civil servants delivering UK's exit from the EU