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Report says watchdog Ofsted’s approach must be reviewed after 52% real-terms funding cuts prompt ‘narrow focus’ on cost of inspection

Union says equivalent to Scottish Government investigation into Alex Salmond couldn’t happen in Whitehall

National Audit Office says decision to establish single provider has caused expensive backlogs and increased staff costs by 17%

Former Charity Commission boss Paula Sussex set to join non-departmental public body

New research indicates the civil service risks losing its most digitally-skilled people, but it doesn’t have to be that way

Paparazzi shot hints at Whitehall’s ‘Operation Yellowhammer’ contingency planning

FDA union accuses home secretary of 'ducking responsibility' after police pledge

Resolution Foundation says much-criticised reform now faces most difficult stage and government needs to work to ensure take up

Treasury’s lack of understanding of the overall impact on public finances hinders government response, according to NAO

Judges eject Sheffield based official Luke Thompson from the show following cake challenges

Mervyn King says that EU has been more united representing 27 countries than the UK government has representing only one

Long-serving digital government professional departing at the end of the month to pursue new opportunities

Move follows departments launch of a mental health support package for its civil servants

Freedom of Information reveals staff churn continues at key Brexit department

Prison chiefs currently have too little flexibility to tailor privileges to their needs

Project chief says “changes of personnel and leadership are inevitable” given project’s long timescale and global demand for talent

BT argues that the Internet of Things (IoT), where homes, cars, people, even entire cities are connected to the internet, will let you do things you once dismissed as science fiction

Ballot on controversial 11% five-year offer sees 94% of members vote against

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

Review considers risk rating of possible recipients

Occupational pension fraud and overpayments make up lion’s share of cashpot

Straw poll of Prospect members finds more than three-quarters are dissatisfied with government’s handling of negotiations 

Digital unit claims that differentiating between two types of research has ‘created an artificial divide’

UK Space Agency allocated £92m in contingency cash following Brexit row with EU