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Fast Stream assessment now much more focused on "real-life work scenarios", says Gillian Smith, after report warns of lack of working class representation in the scheme

As MPs went round in circles on Chilcot and the EU referendum, the FDA general secretary Dave Penman wondered how Sir Jeremy Heywood maintained his calm, settled demeanour

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

Former perm sec says tells CSW his time as president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has shown him that UK civil service is probably the "best in the world". Image credit: Photoshot

Sir Suma Chakrabarti did more than most to bring the civil service into the 21st century. Now that he’s president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Sam Macrory offers a penny for his thoughts

Wellbeing and protection agency consults on £400m "science hub" to replace Porton and other sites

Former Highways England boss Graham Dalton joins Ministry of Defence’s property division

Ex-immigration and enforcement chief Amanda Campbell takes up post as troubled watchdog’s chief executive officer 

As fresh Office for National Statistics data shines a light on headcount, salary and diversity within the civil service, CSW's Jim Dunton analyses the key findings

New deputy director for international trade to lead a team promoting UK's transport industry in a post-Brexit world

Annual resource bulletin claims fall down to “bedding in” of Levene Reforms

Think-tank raises eyebrow at PM’s capacity to turn her Conservative Party Conference pledges into reality against backdrop of further belt-tightening and Brexit uncertainty

New ONS stats show 8% rise in female representation at SCS level since 2008

New home for the digital team is 10 minutes from the City of London

Susan Acland-Hood on the move as courts service presses ahead with digital shake-up

Exclusive: David Cameron’s former policy guru tells CSW that Brexit negotiations will be like a “multi-dimensional game of chess” and officials must co-ordinate analysis work to make sure British politicians have upper hand

The prime minister has promised a bill to repatriate EU law to the UK. But, writes George Peretz QC of Monckton Chambers, there is a serious risk that swathes of legislation, drafted in a hurry by overworked civil servants, will be waived through without proper parliamentary scrutiny

The EA’s gender champion and executive director of evidence shares her thoughts on why switching sectors or retraining is nothing to be afraid of

Peter Lawson and Samantha Ulyatt to take up post in the coming weeks

Centre, which aims to bring together the UK government's cyber security expertise, will reportedly be based in Victoria

New review of the way the ONS develops its methodology calls for a board-level Innovation Champion

Civil service-wide staff survey "will directly influence real and observable change", vows cabinet secretary

George Osborne's successor at the Treasury says his fiscal approach will involve "recognising the need for investment"

If government were to explore how UK tax policies impact on developing countries, it is entirely possible that it would identify ‘win-win’ situations, says Richard Gledhill of the Independent Commission on Aid Impact