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Fomer Foreign and Commonwealth Office director of strategy Alex Ellis set to join new department in January as director general

Civil servants from across the UK gathered at Lancaster House in London last night for the annual Civil Service Awards, organised by CSW’s parent company Dods. Below is a full list of the winners — congratulations from the CSW team to all those were nominated!

Former education secretary calls for weekly naming and shaming of civil servants working on big projects, but union for senior officials says his intervention is "more about resurrecting his career as a columnist"

After deal that could see some staff given 20% hike over four years, People Survey 2016 shows DWP satisfaction with pay higher than before Treasury capped rises

James Stewart becomes the latest senior departure from the Government Digital Service, as he makes the case for IT spend controls

The Department for Exiting the EU will be given £94m a year from 2017, while the FCO and trade department receive extra funding to build trade policy capability. But the FDA union has warned of EU exit "on the cheap"

Spending Review 2015 plans "will remain in place", says the new chancellor – but departments will be able to reinvest some of their 2019/20 savings

Microsoft looks at how it's cloud technologies are helping the MOD meet its digital transformation agenda

Microsoft shares key findings from one of the largest studies of business and IT leaders around digital transformation

Live coverage of the build-up, announcements and reaction as chancellor Philip Hammond makes his first fiscal statement, via our colleagues on PoliticsHome.com

FCO perm sec Simon McDonald has told MPs he is “hopeful” that the Treasury will announce a new fund to recruit trade policy staff in today’s Autumn Statement

"Brexit will be a true test of whether SDPs are fit for purpose", says the Public Accounts Committee

 Former head of the civil service Lord Kerslake urges government to "pause, review, take stock of what it has in front of it and then revisit the question of capacity"

Government efficiency targets have only made the financial position of NHS bodies worse, warns the National Audit Office

Department looks for almost 100 new staff on a three-year, fixed-term basis

Exclusive: Ian Watmore tells CSW he is "absolutely convinced" that the current crop of ministers "wants to preserve Northcote-Travelyan" model of an impartial civil service, as he sets out focus on diversity, skills and leadership

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

Mayank Prakash scoops UK IT Industry Award as department denies rumours of a project overspend

Newly-appointed first civil service commissioner Ian Watmore on why the Civil Service Code matters – and how you can put your questions to his team

Labour Party says appointment of Pippa Malmgren raises “awkward questions” for international trade secretary Liam Fox

Civil service staff feedback underscores capacity issues and extent of job losses and pay squeeze, main trade bodies warn

Mark Leftly reports on growing support among parliament's influential select committees to let MPs "blackball" ministers' choices for key public sector jobs

"I’m confident that they will get there. But no-one should be under illusions – this is an enormous job", says former cabinet secretary