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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

Cabinet Office has reportedly been monitoring the firm since last September amid fears for future

Though some politicians dismiss civil servants’ ability to get jobs “in the real world”, moving between sectors is more and more common. Tamsin Rutter takes a look at the data to find out where top officials go after leaving Whitehall

New deputy director will lead centralised team helping Whitehall manage the digital implications of leaving the EU while maintaining longer-term transformation goals

Cabinet secretary tells MPs Whitehall is looking at ways to reward civil servants who stay in their jobs for longer

Confirmation of the new ministerial portfolios following last week’s reshuffle reveals switch in ministerial responsibilities for public appointments

Public administration select committee announces new inquiry into risks of outsourcing following collapse of contractor Carillion