Policy

New report says prime minister must move quickly if she is serious about domestic policy pledges

HMRC’s Jon Thompson and MoD’s Stephen Lovegrove shed light on what the end of guided distribution will mean for staff, as Prospect union and the Public Service People Managers' Association give their take on getting performance management right

Cross-department team behind HR reform proposals wins Reimagine Challenge. Matt Ross reports

Lack of awareness about devolution issues in Whitehall is “unacceptable”, the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee says, as Brexit brings fresh pressure for UK government to improve the way it works with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

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

National Audit Office report suggests DWP's "use of sanctions is linked as much to management priorities and local staff discretion as it is to claimants’ behaviour"

DIT officials say Whitehall has trebled its trade policy staff numbers since the referendum, and stress focus on training up existing staff rather than drafting in outsiders

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"

Just-released documents from former chancellor Geoffrey Howe’s tenure at Treasury reveal interest in dismantling NHS and social security bedrocks

Researchers warn about lack of transparency over evidence behind policies announced in big fiscal events

 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"

UK Statistics Authority says DfE's now-deleted grammar schools claim was based on incomparable data