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Department also in the middle of big external recruitment push, perm sec tells MPs

PACAC slams the “absence of safeguards” to ensure prime ministers do not bypass proper cabinet procedures,  and urges government to publish the lessons it has learned from Chilcot Inquiry

Scottish first minister uses hastily-arranged press conference to say she will ask Theresa May for second referendum by spring 2019 

Watchdog’s anger follows government response to committee’s Grimstone Review findings

Three former heads of the civil service – Lords Kerslake, O'Donnell and Turnbull – among those calling for assurances that EU citizens can remain in Britain after Brexit

Government should not be "opposed to consulting the people on the outcome of the negotiations", argues former cabinet secretary

QC who spoke at 7/7 inquest will take up post as terror laws watchdog in March

Ministers brace for parliamentary "ping pong" as peers scrutinise Brexit bill

Ex-first civil service commissioner Sir David Normington calls for new guidance on the relationship between civil servants, ministers and special advisers, as he urges the prime minister and cabinet secretary to make a public statement on the need for impartial officials

MPs quiz three departmental chiefs on the role of special advisers – and the impact of briefings against civil servants

Whitehall insider-turned-academic Richard Mottram says EU referendum and its aftermath underscores the uphill struggle of speaking truth to power

Civil service’s largest trade union seeks judicial review of terms and conditions overhaul