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Emily Miles to head up watchdog from September after acting as environment ministry’s director general for EU Exit delivery
Bernard Jenkin highlights the way Margaret Thatcher worked with the civil service to implement major policy changes as example for incoming PM
Department’s annual report details £46.5m rise against 700-strong boost in workers
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Perm sec’s letter to MPs details £321m in adjustments and £900m prisons-repair backlog
Team collaborates with MHCLG and charities for Royal Statistical Society prize-winning project
Secretary of state Amber Rudd pledges “fresh and honest” examination with medical and charity input
PCS says contractors' use of agency staff to cover industrial action may have broken the law
Respect in civil service is ‘earned and deserved’, cabinet secretary tells officials after ambassador’s resignation
Trump's petulant and quasi-hysterical reaction has served only to prove the Darroch hypothesis
Resignation comes after Sir John Major says Darroch should not be "thrown to the wolves" for doing his job
Benefits agreed in £33m Eurotunnel settlement “little more than window dressing”, MPs say
Government climate change policies need "strong leadership and coordination at the centre", Committee on Climate Change says
The managing director of BT Security explains how partnerships are essential for a safer connected world
Annual report also details declining spending on consultants and temporary staff
Foreign Office permanent secretary says probe will be government-wide as emails had a "very wide" readership in Whitehall
Foreign Office says ambassadors must be able to give "honest, unvarnished" opinions in confidence
Next prime minister urged to float Department for Health and Social Care's long-delayed vision ahead of conference season
Agreement reached as Deloitte fined £4.2m over its auditing of the outsourcing giant during the scandal
Civil servants forced to "negotiate" boundaries for work, says former director general Karen Wheeler
Department has “no real understanding” of how well £12bn of pump-priming cash is being used, MPs warn
Javid gives go-ahead after perm sec Rutnam says his approval is needed for payments in absence of legislation
Nick Smallwood replaces Tony Meggs at joint Treasury and Cabinet Office agency
Cabinet secretary says that leaks are ‘incredibly damaging for the overall integrity of the civil service’