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David Sterling tells MPs he finds it “unacceptable” that Northern Ireland has had no executive for a year

Perm sec Richard Heaton admitted to being “startled and stunned” by the over-ambitious scheme

PCS calls for pause in programme and more resources for HMRC as it plans for post-Brexit customs landscape

Cabinet secretary responds to Lord Lawson’s criticism that officials want to “frustrate the Brexit process”

The lack of clarity on the future working rights for civil servants from EU countries will not be resolved by good intentions, says Prospect’s Sue Ferns. Action is needed now

Former UN ambassador began work as department’s top official yesterday

Think tank has called on the government to undertake “thorough review of the public sector’s relationship with contractors” amid sector’s woes.

Government Communications Service director Alex Aiken says social media team will ‘reclaim a fact-based public debate’

After two years as Westminster’s chief public-spending watchdog, Meg Hillier tells Tamsin Rutter her frustrations and aspirations on pre-scrutinising projects, taking the fight against tax evasion to the US and extending FOI

FDA union for senior civil servants to write to Defra secretary of state to ask for an explanation of the “unhelpful and inaccurate” comments made in Cabinet

The UK government has taken a leading role in combatting Daesh’s plan to weaponise the international media. Dan Chugg, former head of the C-Daesh Coalition Comms Cell, explains how this has been achieved

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

BEIS programme manager makes literary springboard’s ‘final three’ 

Request is a first in providing statutory cover for Brexit outlay ahead of EU-exit legislation clearing parliament

Former Network Rail chief exec and Olympics infrastructure tsar will succeed Andrew Adonis on a permanent basis

The coalition government beefed up the role of departmental non-executives, and have encouraged talented people into the posts. But many gave found the roles frustrating and there is room to strengthen their contribution

Public Accounts Committee warns “a lot at stake” with Carrier Strike programme 

Next stage in HMCTS modernisation programme could see eight closures

New data shows dip in proportion of staff who went 12 months without taking time off because of ill health

Official statistics body launches audit of inequalities data and signals desire to work closely with rest of government and civil society

MPs get update on outsourced prisons contract as Cabinet Office reports public services are being maintained

Review of the role of non-executives concludes that few Whitehall boards are working well