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To build an organisation that makes good strategic decisions, leaders should learn from the way emergency services respond to critical incidents

Committee has concluded that Baroness Stowell was “unable to withstand scrutiny” in pre-appointment hearing

Vodafone today announced the commencement of trials of the world’s first air traffic control drone tracking and safety technology.

Appointment means government’s biggest professional grouping will be one of only two headed up by a departmental perm sec

Environment select committee calls on department to analyse impact of Brexit on agriculture and introduce fund for UK farmers

As he leaves the civil service after 40 years, Sir Robert Devereux, outgoing permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions, reflects on complicated projects, how to lead large organisations and facing select committees

Independent review offers five recommendations to help department deliver aid more effectively

All participants in tax-appeal hearings to take part remotely during trial scheme

Former chief scientific adviser to government has warned tough post-Brexit migration rules could hamper scientific research

Prime minister has announced the government will consider lowering the £9,250 maximum annual charge as part of wide-ranging higher education report

BT's Amy Lemberger argues that having the right security in place to protect your organisation is no longer just an option. It is a necessity.

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

Challenging gender discrimination must be part of a wider drive to build a culture that supports all types of diversity

Ministers urged to take personal responsibility for implementing recommendations of HM Prisons Inspectorate in the wake of damming Liverpool report

Department consults on revamp of its Public Attitudes Tracker to cover workers’ rights and corporate transparency

Whitehall & Industry Group hands out accolade it says captures ‘the incredible impact’ of alumni of its leadership programmes

Cabinet secretaries hold the fort in times of crisis and have seen splits over Europe come and go. Here’s why one of them thinks Brexit will be a civil service renaissance

Union says announcement of staffing milestone fails to acknowledge long-term headcount reductions

International development secretary Penny Mordaunt gives charities two-week deadline to confirm all concerns have been reported to Charity Commission

As cross-party power-sharing talks collapse, decisions made by senior officials in absence of an executive are challenged in Belfast High Court 

Chief executive of Whitehall’s central buying unit to move to Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply in July

Inquiry by MPs found immigration and border system already understaffed, with problems likely to be compounded by uncertainty over Brexit

Details of additional Brexit funding also reveal £1m transfer of funds following Oliver Robbins’s move to the Cabinet Office

Prime minister says that parties must “find a way to work together” so politicians can retake power from civil servants