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NAO report calls on the government to ensure regulatory reforms can improve student perceptions of value for money

Tax agency has signed a 25-year lease on London office for 3,800 staff

Letter from Cabinet Office minister Damian Green says government will consider a cap-busting increase “in return for improvements to public sector productivity”

The system for civil service pay has turned into both a farce and a disaster. The government must lift the 1% cap and take action to address the gap with the private sector

DExEU perm sec insists analysis has “huge value” despite criticism that it does not amount to full impact assessments

Treasury guidance also expands role for ministers in requests for direction from departmental agencies and arm’s length bodies

Former Cabinet Office minister told MPs he became disillusioned with civil service skills and repeats call for basic training

Infrastructure and Projects Authority says new team will be created to ensure costs and schedules of major schemes are achievable

How has Whitehall’s first modern-era apprentice fared since she joined the civil service in 2008 via a jobcentre advert? CSW meets Marzena Bujalska to find out

NAO report identifies staffing gaps in five departments and high rate of turnover in DExEU

As the civil service apprenticeships drive moves up a gear, Cabinet Office early talent manager Kimberley Adderley looks back on a decade of progress with Whitehall veteran Ian Watmore

Department for Education insists process was followed with regard to Steve Lamey, who alleges a “witch hunt”

NI Audit Office says government is not delivering value for money on its ageing and inefficient office estate

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

New directors general roles announced after DIT expands by 1,000 staff in a year

Surge in consumers’ use of messaging and social media is transforming their expectations of service, says new BT and Cisco research

Leaving the EU will have wide, and unpredictable, effects on the UK’s devolved administrations. Mark Rowe reports on what the outcome might be

Susanna Smith from the Public Chairs’ Forum and Association of Chief Executives highlights the key themes – from relocations to Brexit – being discussed at Cabinet Office’s Public Bodies Week

Two parliamentary reports highlight problems at Irish border and frustration at perceived Whitehall “power grab”

As she leaves government to return to the private sector, Sherin Aminossehe shares her lessons from working in Whitehall – from the ministers to the acronyms

Tax collection agency picks internal candidate as Edward Troup retires

Public Bodies 2017 report suggests some “tailored reviews” will be rescheduled until post-EU landscape becomes clearer

Department leads on over one-fifth of the cross-Whitehall projects that need to be implemented for EU exit, according to auditors