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In eight years as a Labour minister and 22 as an MP, Nick Raynsford learned a thing or two about what works in government. He sits down with CSW’s Matt Foster to talk about his new book, "Substance Not Spin", Whitehall’s fear of letting go — and why his party must not become an “ineffective protest movement”

Equalities and Human Rights Commission paints stark picture of differing outcomes for ethnic minority groups and urges government to join up disparate initiatives

New prime minister wants new Spad pay to be capped at £72,000 a year unless signed off by Number 10

Permanent secretary of the Department for Exiting the European Union says the new organisation is "growing fast"

Latest bid to change the culture of the civil service sees 4,000 top officials asked questions on their background

Janet Hughes announces that she is to leave the flagship identity assurance scheme at the end of this week

Chair of the government’s Social Security Advisory Committee says Budget and Autumn Statement deadlines have "regularly resulted in secondary legislation being presented to us without meaningful analysis of impact or interactions with other parts of the benefit system"

Former Labour minister Nick Raynsford, a key player in setting up the Greater London Authority, tells CSW that civil servants and ministers are still reluctant to let go of powers

More than 40 staff unable to relocate or who turned down voluntary exit could be made redundant under first round of estate downsizing

Catch up with all the latest appointments at the Department for Exiting the European Union as it begins to flesh out its senior management team – plus all the usual Whitehall moves

Latest Labour Market Outlook from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development finds concern over employment law and migration policy

Downing Street sources cool on Boris Johnson and Liam Fox's tussle over departmental responsibility

Institute for Government says new select committee is likely to be almost three times the size of other watchdog panels, hampering its effectiveness

2,500 staff set to relocate to town-centre office block from summer 2017

Caroline Normand set to join Which?, while other moves see the government name Lowell Goddard’s abuse inquiry replacement and Charlie Bean lined up for the Budget Responsibility Committee

MPs call on Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Education to develop new inclusion programmes particularly targeting women

National Infrastructure Commission chief executive Phil Graham tells CSW it is “disappointing” that the government has “taken so long” to decide on airport expansion

The National Infrastructure Commission is less than a year old. But it's already thinking about the infrastructure Britain will need in 2050. The NIC's chief executive Phil Graham sits down with Mark Leftly to discuss HS2, Heathrow – and what running a theatre company taught him about people

Treasury wants new director general to lead a "change management programme" at the ministry, prompted by Britain's vote to leave the EU

MPs set to look into former prime minister's controversial list of honours and peerages for former advisers and allies

New report from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact says DfID staff working in fragile and conflict-afflicted states are sometimes confused about how to manage risk

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

 Adviser appointments to be vetted by new prime minister's May’s joint chiefs of staff, Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy