Operational Delivery

Brexiteers react with fury to Senior Salaries Review Body submission that suggests implementing EU referendum result is pushing Whitehall to its limits

Guidance refresh deletes entire section on creation of “Extended Ministerial Offices”

Former Barnet and Haringey council CEO Nick Walkley set to take helm of delivery body

But Howard League for Penal Reform says continued administrative delays are “simply unacceptable” for prisoners who remain locked up

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Professor Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up...

Unions claim victory as Cabinet Office briefs on major change to civil service performance management system introduced by Francis Maude, including axing of requirement for guided distribution. CSW has the full detail and reaction

HMRC job ad says London Office will be moving to Canary Wharf as a "transitional site in summer 2017"

MPs call on government to commission independent review into tax-credit compliance processes

MPs say DfE must not focus solely on hitting target as it overhauls the UK's apprenticeships system

Union's general secretary Mark Serwotka hails "resounding rejection" of already-introduced Compensation Scheme changes 

Former education secretary calls for weekly naming and shaming of civil servants working on big projects, but union for senior officials says his intervention is "more about resurrecting his career as a columnist"

After deal that could see some staff given 20% hike over four years, People Survey 2016 shows DWP satisfaction with pay higher than before Treasury capped rises