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Nicholas MacPherson and Peter Ricketts to become crossbenchers in the Lords, while ex-special advisers figure prominently among Cameron’s 13 new Conservative peers

“I’ve read many times about the end of GDS, but it has always come back stronger than before,” says new GDS director general

Simon MacDowall, a former communicationss director in three departments, argues that true success lies not in spinning media lines but in putting citizens’ needs first

Home secretary Amber Rudd says she intends to appoint a new chair for the troubled inquiry “as soon as possible"

Former NHS England director for patients and information set to run Australia's national digital health services and systems

Around 100 higher and further education staff are set to move over to the Department for Education – but the PCS union warns that many jobs are still at risk

Policy Exchange proposes “turbo charged” devolution of Whitehall functions to councils and city regions over the next five years

The GDS's new leader Kevin Cunnington now has the opportunity to complete the cultural shift from confrontation to collaboration with departments, says digital inclusion specialist Matthew Trimming​

 Vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University to lead body that will grade higher education institutions on the quality of their teaching

There’s more to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office than diplomacy and policy, with the government department harbouring one of the most overtly commercial operations in the civil service. Danny Payne, chief executive of FCO Services, tells CSW’s Jonathan Owen how the trading fund set up less than a decade ago has come of age

IBM’s Vice President, Public Sector, Sharon Bagshaw sits down with Civil Service World to discuss cognitive technology and the future of government digital transformation

The big leadership changes in government digital seem like a triumph for those who believe a government organised along Victorian lines is still fit for fixing today’s problems, argues former senior civil servant Andrew Greenway

Shadow cabinet office minister Louise Haigh writes to the cabinet secretary over concerns Fiona Hill did not inform officials about a job with lobbying firm Lexington Communications

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

Exclusive: Unions seek to put brake on revised redundancy rules negotiations in wake of EU referendum

Pessimism about EU referendum fallout “particularly high” among public sector workers, finds the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

People “ought to be given an opportunity to think again” about the vote for Brexit, says Conservative peer Baroness Wheatcroft

Institute for Government says Department for International Trade's remit is at odds with comments from new prime minister Theresa May

Prejudice and discrimination can rise at a time of heightened insecurity, says Dr Marc Verlot of the Equality and Human Rights Commission – and it's not just the job of the police to tackle it

Climate sceptics were jubilant when Theresa May announced the end of a dedicated climate change department. But, as Professor Sam Fankhauser of the Grantham Research Institute argues, bringing together the teams working to cut carbon with those drawing up industrial policy could be a smart move 

Confidence, and a more commercial attitude towards project delivery, leads to better outcomes, FCO Services chief executive Danny Payne tells CSW

While steps to improve data on whistleblowing are welcome, civil servants need more reassurance that they won't be penalised for challenging wrongdoing, says Tom Casey of the independent whistleblowing charity​ Public Concern At Work

Jobcentres have won praise for getting people into work at a time of economic crisis. But ensuring they're fit for the digital age will need ministerial resolve as well as technical know-how, argues William Mosseri-Marlio of the Reform think tank

Key government-as-a-platform service moves a step closer