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MPs call on department to set out consequences faced by officials for £17.6bn rail project’s late running

Department offers £120k a year for leader tasked with ensuring science and evidence stay "at the heart" of its post-Brexit operations

New system of follow-up reviews will update ministers on progress with improving worst prisons 

Scheme launched days after cabinet secretary admits there were "underlying structural causes" for scandal

Calls to advice lines for child support and probate services "do not generate revenue", minister says

Prisons minister says state "better placed" to retain control of HMP Birmingham after stepping in last year

BT's CISO public sector, Hugh Tatton-Brown, joins Tech Talk’s recent podcast to discuss the current state of the security landscape and looks at what steps members of the C-suite should be taking to secure their organisations

Department for Transport insists “HS2 is happening" as release of funds delayed

"We are proud of what you do," civil service chiefs say amid "unprecendented" challenges for officials

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

Probation services would be 'safer' under public ownership, chief inspector says

Machinery of government change "would be game-changer", hardcore Brexiteers suggest

Department says ‘starchitect’-designed residence for consul general will help promote British business

Department for Transport-funded services start as one firm says "there is no turning back at this late stage"

Now Remainer voices have joined the fray, civil service values are under attack like never before

Report details seismic Whitehall shifts, two years after Theresa May triggered Article 50

 

Commercial skills still lacking in some departments, Reform report finds

Two decades after the Scottish Government and Welsh Government came into existence, politicians reflect on how staff reacted

National Audit Office says department only has a limited evidence base, two years into 10-year drive to boost employment levels

Environment secretary also reveals rising number of secondments from Natural England

Lord Adonis's calls for permanent secretaries to resign are "an unwelcome reminder about the dearth of knowledge most politicians claim to have about the civil service"

Former cabinet secretary also dismisses "Remainer conspiracy" as he repeats call for public inquiry on Brexit

CDC is doing too little to ensure the billions it invests have maximum impact, ICAI says

Interim secretariat of 16 civil servants won't fulfil all of planned regulator's functions, environment secretary tells MPs