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Professor Timothy Richard Dafforn – entrepreneur in residence for synthetic biology – is named as new chief scientific adviser for BIS at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 

Ahead of his retirement, Michael Fuller sat down with CSW to discuss his time as chief inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service. 

The new government looks very similar to the last one – but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s business as usual

In full: "Making the civil service work for modern Britain", Minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock's May 22 speech to the Institute for Government on civil service reform

New man in 70 Whitehall to tell IfG he wants officials to "feel in control of their destiny"

No headcount changes under chancellor's plan to merge Shareholder Executive (ShEx) and UK Financial Investments (UKFI) into one body overseeing privatisations

Higher Education Policy Institute sounds alarm on un-recouped student loans

CSW wants civil servants' questions for the MPs set to replace Margaret Hodge at PAC

Home Secretary pushes back against Police Federation warning on Home Office budget

PWC partner Charles Lloyd shares his experience of life in Whitehall – and the different style of governments in the Middle East – in a regular Q&A with people who’ve crossed organisational and sectoral boundaries to join a new working world

Body representing rank and file officers sounds alarm bells on Home Office budget

Giving the civil service a formal role in the national policy conversation would play to its unique strengths

How can government tackle increasing complexity? Joshua Chambers examines international approaches to solving such knotty problems as climate change, immigration and terrorism

New business secretary promises expansion of anti-regulation scheme in new enterprise bill

Tom Karsten – a Royal Navy real admiral – is named as the new CEO of Cefas

Civil servants want to see a light at the end of the tunnel, not five more years of the same, argues the FDA union's general secretary Dave Penman

Jane Dudman​ reads the runes as the civil service adjusts to a changing of the ministerial guard

Civil service chief executive John Manzoni points to end of the "Francis Maude era" in his first speech to the FDA union

FDA union general secretary Dave Penman warns that civil servants have been left "undervalued, exhausted and unclear about the future"

As the automotive industry continues to innovate, BT explores what role communications technology has played in the transformation of technology and the industry

As the dust settles on David Cameron's first post-election reshuffle, Dunstan Hadley – a former private office official in the Department for Education – reflects on the chaos and excitement of change at the top

Colette Wade, Regional VP, EMEA Marketing & Business Development at Cornerstone OnDemand​, explains what motivates generation Y

New Minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock will have the same responsibilities as his predecessor Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office confirms

John Whittingdale to lead culture department, Amber Rudd gets energy and Sajid Javid moves to BIS, as post-election reshuffle continues