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Cabinet Office records fall in civil service sickness absence but high proportion of sick days due to mental ill health

MPs urge government to scrap immigration target and introduce annual migration report

What can we expect from the Department for International Development’s new gender equality strategy, and how can other departments can learn from the plan to improve gender equality in the UK? Mark Rowe reports

David Lidington said it would not have been responsible for the government to bail out the firm that works on rail projects as well as managing prisons and providing school meals

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

Just five local authorities bid for cash from government infrastructure scheme designed to accelerate delivery of on-street power points

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

Promotion for current finance DG as Sir Robert Devereux prepares to retire later this month

Public Accounts Committee says that HMRC’s wide-ranging reform plans have been thrown into doubt by its extra Brexit workload

Select committee chair Frank Field told DWP that he could not guarantee the universal credit reports he has obtained will remain confidential 

Whitehall update on English devolution sets out details of devolved funding areas in 2016-17

The former DWP perm sec despairs at the speed of ministerial churn, but argues that there is a way to slow Westminster's revolving doors

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs strategy includes Whitehall ban on “single use” plastic forks, straws and bottles

Watchdog says department could have to pay nation’s least punctual train operator tens of millions of pounds a year because of changes to its contract requirements

Government claims 10-year plan to converge back office services will save millions of pounds

Auditor general Amyas Morse confirms scrutiny plans following request from Treasury committee chair Nicky Morgan

The prime minister’s reshuffle gave a number of policy areas increased prominence in the government landscape. But it is not clear what changing a department’s name will achieve

Department seeks supplier to bring two programmes under single service-management structure in £200m-plus project

MPs ‘disappointed’ with government rejection of recommendations for extra safeguards to prevent sidelining of ministers in key decisions 

Entire ministerial team at the central Whitehall department changes as Theresa May completes wide-ranging government reshuffle

Code updated to protect staff and prevent inappropriate overseas visits following Damian Green, Michael Fallon and Priti Patel scandals

Former justice secretary does not take ‘first secretary of state’ title while Esther McVey named new work and pensions secretary

Transport department insists that franchise will continue to meet financial terms to 2020 and has paid more to Treasury than previous state-owned operator

Prime minister announces rebranded Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Department of Health and Social Care