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Former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell calls on new Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock to scrap a rule which means fast streamers must change jobs every six months

Official in charge of Scotland’s fair work agenda admits set-up of Scottish civil service keeps out applicants with criminal convictions

Civil Service World survey finds civil servants undecided over whether departments still make sense as services move online

Lord Kerslake, former head of the civil service, says it is "highly doubtful" government can secure like-for-like replacement of housing association properties sold off under new scheme

The civil service's failure to keep pace with the private sector on pay will only get worse if there's no change in policy. Whitehall must recognise the scale of the problem

Report by the National Audit Office says Department for Work and Pensions must get better at spotting potential problems with big schemes

As the debate about the benefits – or not – of HS2 rages on, Colin Marrs asks if there’s enough firm evidence to make an informed judgement on this controversial major project

FDA and PCS unions sound the alarm over proposals to end "six figure" public sector redundancy pay

Nick Pearce, director of the Institute for Public Policy Research and member of the Institute for Policy Research Advisory Board, explores the skills and priorities needed for successful Whitehall policymaking

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