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Permanent Secretary and Head of HM Diplomatic Service, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Head of Government HR Operations and Director General, Civil Service Capability Group, Cabinet Office; and Director General, Human Resources, Department for Work and Pensions
Executive Director, Major Projects Authority, Efficiency and Reform Group, Cabinet Office
Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government
Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and Secretary to the Executive, Northern Ireland Executive
HM Procurator-General, Treasury Solicitor and Head of the Government Legal Service, Treasury Solicitor's Department
Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government
Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Permanent Secretary, Home Office
Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport From January, Lin Homer will become chief executive of HMRC
Prime Minister's National Security Adviser
Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions
Permanent Secretary and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Ministry of Justice
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence
Permanent Secretary, Department for Education
Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government On 1 January, Sir Bob will become the Head of the Civil Service
Permanent Secretary, Number 10
On 1 January, Jeremy Heywood will become the cabinet secretary
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The head of education at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, Adrian Pulham, tells Joshua Chambers that finance skills are more important than ever in government – and that they must be improved.
The permanent secretary to the Welsh Government, Gill Morgan, talks to Suzannah Brecknell about the ups and downs of administration in a small country – and explains how civil servants in England can help Wales to thrive.
For years, each department has run its properties in splendid isolation. And the coalition’s ‘property vehicles’ have yet to make an impact, discovers Ben Willis – but closer collaboration could produce big savings for the taxpayer.
Leadership development in schools could be improved, says this teacher, and workloads must be tackled.