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FCO perm sec Simon McDonald has told MPs he is “hopeful” that the Treasury will announce a new fund to recruit trade policy staff in today’s Autumn Statement

 Former head of the civil service Lord Kerslake urges government to "pause, review, take stock of what it has in front of it and then revisit the question of capacity"

Department looks for almost 100 new staff on a three-year, fixed-term basis

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