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Cressida Dick set to leave Foreign Office director general role to return to policing

As the civil service Fast Track apprenticeship programme opens for a new round of applications, the Cabinet Office's deputy director of early talent Greg Hobbs explains how the scheme can offer a springboard into a variety of government careers – and introduces two apprentices who've benefited from it

Dames Stella Rimington and Ursula Brennan among a group of female leaders who gathered at Buckingham Palace to mark growing number of women joining top ranks of civil service

Government should not be "opposed to consulting the people on the outcome of the negotiations", argues former cabinet secretary

Education department comes in for criticism as audit office report flags increasing free school costs as old buildings fall into disrepair

Retaining public trust “absolutely critical" to plans for data-drive government, says the civil service CEO

Ex-Treasury perm sec challenges David Davis's claims about the civil service's readiness for Brexit, as his former colleague Lord O'Donnell warns of major task presented by Great Repeal Bill

Regulatory Policy Committee says it is "disappointed" that departments appear to be diverting resources away from providing rigorous assessment of their decisions

Brexit ministry confirms it is "currently exploring options" to bolster scientific advice available to it

COO, who can expect to earn up to £140,000, set to take a lead on new Brexit-focused department's HR, finance and estates strategy

Ministers brace for parliamentary "ping pong" as peers scrutinise Brexit bill

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

Departmental data release breaks down £583m spend on foreign outposts during 2015-16

Tax collection agency beats target by 400,000 users months ahead of self-imposed deadline

Report claims Sir Jeremy Heywood secured extra £250m for health service with ultimatum

Department seeks Office for Disability Issues chief and deputy director for Disability Employment Strategy Directorate

Most of the challenges the Workforce Plan purports to tackle are ones that Whitehall has bumped up against for decades. Perhaps it's time to start interrogating the civil service's Victorian structures – rather than simply adding layers of reform on top, argues Andrew Greenway

Westminster City Council approves proposals for Whitehall landmark despite heritage concerns

Perm sec makes work services director Susan Park accountable for payments system’s operation across Jobcentres and service centres

The US is giving us an ongoing education in the importance of an impartial civil service, argues the FDA union's general secretary 

Whitehall & Industry Group accolade lauds “exemplary leadership” driven by cross-sector learning

The civil service has set its sights on being the UK’s most inclusive employer. Mark Smulian reports on efforts to make that vision a reality for disabled staff, and hears personal stories about the barriers they face

Former Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs perm sec Bronwyn Hill tells CSW that Brexit offers the chance to rethink UK's rural subsidy system

Once credited as the woman who “smashed Whitehall’s glass ceiling”, Bronwyn Hill spent four years as Defra permanent secretary until she stepped down in 2015. She tells Sam Macrory about her new role, Brexit expectations for her former fiefdom, and one minister’s time in the mire