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Ex-Labour health minister Ara Darzi also proposes creation of "single NHS headquarters" to report to Department of Health and Social Care 

The first woman to become a private secretary to the prime minister shares her recollections of Thatcher, the Treasury and the Next Steps Unit with Suzannah Brecknell. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer

Select committee chair accuses senior civil servants running reform of being in ‘La La Land’ as report says changes may never have intended benefits

Chief inspector of borders and immigration flags ‘inexplicable’ delays and batch-publication of reports

Move follows the earlier transfer of data policymakers

Dominic Herrington to move up from current regional commissioner role on an interim basis

Carers' charter and carer’s passport launched across civil service

Automation has squeezed out the creatives that used to harbour in administrative grades – but this tacit subsidy programme has arguably simply shifted to large firms

Confusion over deal offered to rebel MPs by Theresa May to avoid defeat on EU withdrawal legislation

Figures revealed in parliamentary answers show number and length of contracts for temporary workers in some departments

PCS union calls for “urgent solution” from DWP that will see pay increases implemented from July for staff not subject to Treasury guidance

Government could avoid defeat on customs policy in EU Withdrawal Bill vote but still faces rebellion on amendment to give Parliament a ‘meaningful vote’ on final deal

Women and Equalities Committee calls for urgent action to improve data collection across government

Select committee chairs set out fears for the future in letter to prime minister Theresa May

Read the full list of civil servants honoured

Policy profession head wants to emulate overseas governments where officials are better educated

Council chief execs also offered cap-busting rise, bagging same 2% deal offered to rank-and-file staff

IfG think tank calls for John Manzoni to be SRO of Brexit preparations and DExEU to start handing out permanent contracts

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

Foreign secretary reveals that government’s “inner struggle” over how to implement Brexit “is very, very difficult” in secret recording

The civil service commercial chief heading up the government’s efforts to improve its procurement and contracting skills tells Richard Johnstone about his goals, and how Whitehall dealt with the collapse of Carillion

Paper published after reports Brexit secretary David Davis threatened to resign if no time limit was indicated

Government tells PCS 1% cap will remain in place with any rises to be found from departmental budgets

BEIS’s Pocklington heads to Marsham Street as DIT hires banker Mark Slaughter as new investment DG