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Study from techUK and Dods shows key obstacles becoming more – not less – entrenched

Move of civil service’s chief Brexit negotiator to the Cabinet Office will require new structures to be established with “time at a premium”, says IfG.

Former minister Francis Maude's attack on the civil service highlights what not to do if you want to improve government, argues former DWP permanent secretary Sir Leigh Lewis

Analysis by GMB finds public sector now employs less than 17% of workers, with civil service headcount dropping by 18% since 2010

Successful candidate will work with home secretary to shape role of new Commission for Countering Extremism

Philip Rycroft, the second permanent secretary at DExEU, will take up top post following Robbins's move to Cabinet Office

Tim Razzall tells Civil Service World he blames government for lack of vision on Brexit

Sir David Norgrove slaps down foreign secretary for "clear misuse of officials statistics"

In her first interview as permanent secretary of the Department for International Trade, Antonia Romeo tells Richard Johnstone about the progress already made, and the Brexit challenges to come, for this brand new ministry.

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Department’s most senior tax professional announces retirement at the end of the year

Leader of the house claims government policy on the pay cap has already been “thoroughly covered” after Labour tables opposition-day motion

New document reveals plans to probe central government responses to previous high-rise fires and impact of any failings on west London tragedy

Agency says small firms make up two-thirds of businesses on £330m framework to supply Government Hubs Programme

Move part of scoping exercise for post-Brexit trading arrangements, MPs told

Amber Rudd responds to call from statistics chief to follow ONS in scrapping system that allows select people to preview official figures

Government has also boosted external recruitment into the civil service, with 38% jobs going to outside candidates

As the judge-led public inquiry opens on the three-month anniversary of the fire, legal experts call for a “repository of expertise” to build on lessons of past inquiries

ONS statistics also show staff numbers across the civil service have grown for the second quarter in a row

Cabinet secretary describes speech by former minister as an "inaccurate portrayal" of civil service, while chief executive says Whitehall is "deepening and accelerating" reforms

The recently merged department lacks strategic coherence and authentic leaders – civil servants won't take it any more

Prison Officers Association rejects pay boost, as more public sector trade unions moot industrial action

Green-lighting pay rises without increasing budgets is not an end to austerity, says Civil Service World editor 

Cabinet Office perm sec says civil service must work more collaboratively to make digital transformation a reality