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Court rules that domestic worker kept by civil servant in conditions below legal standards for "basic minimum for dignity”

UK’s procurement spend on contracts over €100m is almost double rest of EU put together, meaning SMEs lose out

Sir Paul Jenkins says Brexit strategy would involve jurisdiction of European court in "all but name"

Crawford Falconer, who starts at the Department for International Trade this week, says new trade arrangements will “improve the global prospects for political openness and stability”.

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

Union warns of further strikes as number of expected redundancies rises to 800

Backlash over advert for Tees Valley-focused role that “can require occasional trips” up north

New owner Macquarie has changed GIB’s name to overcome regulatory barriers to overseas investments

Sir Malcolm McKibbin is to join the board of Co-operation Ireland after five years as top civil servant in Northern Ireland

The Ministry of Justice recruited record numbers this year but is still losing experienced staff

The DVLA chief executive explains to Civil Service World how the agency has been transformed into a digital business, and what Whitehall can learn from its base in Swansea

Former foreign secretary said there was a ‘lack of confidence’ in the ministry when he took control in 2010

Department says the formerly state-owned training provider needs to be wound down gradually to protect learners

Nick Timothy, who left government after the election, called for an expansion in technical qualifications

Think tank says that customs deal with the EU may not fully replicate exiting trade arrangements

If Whitehall pushes ahead with plans to move civil servants around the country, it must conduct proper impact evaluations

Latest ONS data shows UK weekly earnings fell by 0.5% in real terms in the 12 months to June 2017

BT will launch a new project with See.Sense, an innovative cycling company from Northern Ireland, to provide cyclists with sensor-enabled bike lights

Position paper outlines solutions to ensure 'frictionless' trade but critics say it's too 'light on detail'

Chapman, who has called for the creation of a new centrist party, says Treasury staff “could be running any multinational company they wanted”

FDA civil service union lambasts report that names and shames top-earning DWP civil servants

Proposal also seeks to allow the UK to negotiate trade deals with other nations within transition period

CIPD survey found that public sector pay increases stuck at 1% due to pay cap, half the level of the private sector

Many British civil servants who worked in India leading up to the 1947 partition 'wrestled with a sapped sense of humanity', writes Colin Alexander