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Last week's cyber hack exploited weaknesses in widely used computing systems across the public sector, particularly the NHS. Leaders need to get better at evaluating the small risk of very serious harm and getting vulnerabilities onto ministerial agendas

Liberal Democrats join Labour in pledging to scrap 1% limit on wage increases

Senior Foreign Office figure will become top aide to prime minister

Union calls on ministers to clamp down on “unwarranted, vicious attacks” on public servants in the press

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

Conservationists voice fears over proposals to remodel listed city office block

According to reports, the Department for International Development’s top civil servant is set to be appointed as under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs at the UN

 

Veteran negotiator Jonathan Powell lauds civil service’s post-referendum progress but cautions on remaining skills gaps

IFS analysis finds both Labour and Conservative plans would lead to increase in proportion of public sector workers paid national minimum wage

BT has appointed six new regional directors for its public sector business across the UK

FDA union calls for more investment in the civil service, as survey shows that 91% of senior managers regularly work more than their contracted hours

Little is known about the contribution of non-executives in Whitehall departments since their role was expanded in 2010. A new study aims to find out how they work

Letter dismisses government's claim that it meets 2% NATO defence spending target as “accounting deception”

Ministers accused of having to bow to demands to keep manufacturing jobs in Britain after Brexit

DFID budget set to rise despite cuts elsewhere in Whitehall under spending pledge

The run up to an election creates time to review what Whitehall comms projects have gone well and to learn lessons that can be used with the incoming government

William Ury, who has also helped end conflicts in Colombia, the Middle East and the Balkans, has met with officials

Government is considering a scrappage scheme for more polluting cars, draft strategy reveals

New combined authority chiefs could improve services and boost local economies if offered new menu of powers, says think tank

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

Department-sponsored study flags move as part of wider reform of franchising system

HM Treasury passed most bills in 2016-17 session, followed by DCMS, Home Office and DfE

BT looks at why the public sector shouldn’t see data security management of Smart Cities as an obstacle to innovation and progress

Civil servants across Whitehall are preparing day one briefing packs for new ministers. Andrew Greenway recalls it as a dubious honour