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Civil servants know that condemnation from MPs can be just as damning, if not more so, when it is done courteously

Prospect union identifies parts of government where temps and contractors account for more than a fifth of all staff spend – and warns of a structural reliance on non-salaried staff

HMRC's Mark Dearnley says new company – set up to employ staff moving over from the £10bn Aspire contract – will have to abide by the Treasury's 1% pay cap, as union warns terms and conditions leading to a "drain of staff"

Key government plan to create common digital platforms still needs explaining to civil service staff, new study finds

Communities committee chair Clive Betts says councils are "worried that their spending needs and the funding of their local services will not be supported by their business rates revenue"

MPs on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs (PACAC) committee are told that the century-old Haldane convention has been undermined by decades-long shift towards managerialism in the civil service

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

Special report: With just days to go until the EU referendum, civil servants will soon have more on their plates – whichever way the nation votes. Colin Marrs speaks to former senior officials and top civil service experts about the challenges a Brexit decision would pose for Whitehall, and why the alternative won’t necessarily mean "business as usual"

HM Treasury’s John Kingman, Northern Ireland Office’s Malcolm McKibbin and Department for Communities and Local Government’s Louise Casey also receive top accolades

Whitehall commentators and insiders at odds over expertise and timescales for “conscious uncoupling” with Europe

Civil Service World's regular guide to the very best in Whitehallese

Cabinet Office minister says we must recognise “just how much” tech skills are rewarded outside the civil service

New chief executive and permanent secretary tells MPs that technology issues and new performance management regime are at the root of organisation’s problems

Hilary Spencer lined up as new head of the Government Equalities Office

Think tank praises updated blueprint for public-sector procurement but warns new clause must be used

PHE chief executive Duncan Selbie tells MPs of desire to return to cross-working model from “two reorganisations ago”

Lord Maude of Horsham’s request among appointments watchdog’s latest raft of transparency data

 Balancing careers in the European Commission and corporate world with a young family have given Ian William Vollbracht and his wife valuable insights into having it all - some of the time 

Independent recruitment regulator says campaign group’s league table was factually wrong and misdirected

Cutting people's benefits decreases the likelihood they will find work, a report backed by the government has found.

Acting permanent secretary poised to take on £340,000-a-year City of London role

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

This time last year, Louise Haigh had only just become an MP. Now she’s Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow Cabinet Office minister, holding the government to account on civil service issues – and making her voice heard on Whitehall’s diversity record. Matt Foster meets her