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Charity will support diversity and innovation in public service

Analysis finds Theresa May's proposal would have lowest economic impact

The government’s recent moves to get the expansion of airport capacity off the ground are the latest twist in one of the UK’s longest running policy sagas. Richard Johnstone considers whether this new plan will take flight

Greater awareness about the benefits of multilingualism would help boost crucial post-Brexit areas including international relations and trade, say researchers

The “prestige of the Foreign Office as an employer hangs in the balance” at time when its role is increasingly important, select committee warns

Shire looks at how the government's green paper on children and young people's mental health can help improve outcomes for patients with ADHD

Three government departments collaborated to organise a major international conference on illegal wildlife trade in London last month. Conference director Andrew McCulloch explains how they did it

Treasury needs new measures of its own effectiveness in order to drive long-term decision making in government, auditors say

BT thinks The Internet of Things is about to undergo a revolution. Over the past two decades, we've seen IoT tech evolve from a possibility, to a novelty, to an established tool that plays a vital role in industry, infrastructure and logistics

SAS asks whether government organisations really have it all

PCS branch issues notice of industrial action ballot to BEIS after talks with senior figures break down

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

Loughborough centre will join new Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham bases from next year

Former Department for International Trade chief says there is no evidence of global deals being struck to rival current EU relationship

Watchdog says rapid timescale lacked “economic assessment of its implications”, ramping programme’s complexity and cost

CSW brings together memories and tributes from those who knew Lord Heywood over his 35 years as a civil servant

Jess Bowie and Suzannah Brecknell explore some of the many ways Lord Heywood touched and inspired those he worked with

Public Accounts Committee urges government to up its game for future deals

John Pullinger sits down with Mark Smulian to discuss sharing UK expertise globally, fake news and how data abundance changes policymaking

Cabinet Office minister’s letter to Senior Salaries Review Body calls for experts to set out the best way to realise "strategic shift” in SCS pay policy

Alan Singleton and Simon Bruno were fatally shot while undertaking a routine inspection on 22 November 1993

As part of our series profiling up-and-coming leaders in the civil service, Marsha Osivwemu, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’s natural environment portfolio head, tells Beckie Smith how she defied her own expectations to climb the ranks of central government and how she’s pulling up others behind her

Proposed new centre is intended to train future leaders across public services to address shared challenges faced by new bosses and boost innovation and cooperation

'Low achievement by prisons against inspectorate recommendations has been a feature at some of the prisons that have caused most concern', a spokesperson said.