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Civil servants in Northern Ireland have been taking spending decisions for more than three months following deadlocked talks to create a new power-sharing executive

Renaming the ministry the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport acknowledges how its responsibilities have changed, says minister

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

NAO says the department’s efforts to tackle online fraud are ‘not proportionate to the threat’

Plan would allow pay review bodies to recommend increases above 1%, which means it might not apply across the civil service

As the new apprenticeships system gets into full swing, Suzannah Brecknell meets Peter Lauener, the man charged with setting up the institute which will put employers front and centre

Plan would have formed part of government drive to encourage a cashless society

Institute for Government says High Speed 1 rail link and Thames Tideway tunnel are among projects where government may have made the wrong investment decision

If Theresa May wants to inspire confidence after a bruising election campaign, she should embrace openness and accountability

BT's Phil Brunkard on technological innovation and how it's affecting the public sector 

BT's Phil Brunkard on brain implants, parking spaces, and takeaways from BT Innovation Week

Deaf civil servant Lisa Baldock has been on a mission to improve the working lives of disabled civil servants across government – something possible thanks to the life-changing impact of her hearing dog, Inca. Jess Bowie finds out more

Briefing of pay review branded a shambles as Number 10 then confirms no change to policy

First ever analysis into pay differential by a Whitehall department sets example for government, says permanent secretary Jonathan Slater

Civil service union said there is “an unarguable case” to lift restrictions after the Conservatives lost their majority at the election

Attorney general Jeremy Wright reveals the government is rethinking the plan, which had been criticised by some senior legal figures

Department has also revealed that only two of 12 senior civil servants negotiating Brexit are women

Package will increase spending in areas including infrastructure and broadband as well as health funding

First secretary of state says government "can’t park the domestic agenda" amid Brexit negotiations

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

Performance measurement has been a fact of life in the public sector for longer than most people realise.  Colin Talbot traces its past and where it may go next

Group chat services can make civil servants more efficient by reducing email overload. If government does not embrace them, it will lose out

Move “treating public servants with contempt”, says Whitehall's biggest union

Paul Lincoln to lead immigration and customs-control body from September