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A glance at the new pledges contained in today's Conservative manifesto, as party praises the "impartial, professional and highly capable civil service"

Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan says civil service's Fast Stream graduate programme will have 'diversity targets and quotas' to improve black and minority ethnic representation

Lord Kerslake tells the Financial Times pressure on other budgets could be made "more acute" by protection of defence spending

Mark Gibson, former civil servant and outgoing chief executive of the Whitehall and Industry Group (WIG), talks to CSW about secondments, pairing up perm secs with chief execs, and bridging the gap between the public and private sectors

This week on Civil Service World we'll be picking apart the main parties' election manifestos with an in-depth analysis of what they mean for the civil service. Here's a first glance at the new pledges contained in Labour's manifesto, published today by leader Ed Miliband

Conservative party vows to close funding gap identified in NHS Five Year Forward View, but Labour questions source of the extra money

Former Scope and Mencap IT director Conall Bullock takes on newly-created Cabinet Office role, reporting directly to permanent secretary Richard Heaton

The civil service’s greatest strength is its people. But are they also its biggest risk?

New study by CSMA club highlights gap between public and private sector attitudes to work

As winners of the Analysis and Use of Evidence Award at the 2014 Civil Service Awards, DfID’s Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme is at the forefront of Whitehall’s shift towards evidence-based policy. Sarah Aston meets team leader Dr Joanna Macrae

Learn about the key benefits of extending your IT infrastructure to the highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the AWS cloud

How has NASA benefited from Cloud computing? Amazon Web Services shares their NASA case study

Cutting-edge communications and training campaigns are using the theories and technologies behind the best video games, says Joshua Chambers

If the next government wants to shake up Whitehall, it must do it in the right way, for the right reasons, says the Institute for Government's Peter Riddell

The Public Services Conference 2030 highlighted the significant progress the government has made in embracing digital, but there's more to do

New report by the Institute for Government think tank warns that 'huge variation in quality, usability and accessibility' of data is making it harder to measure departmental performance against Business Plans

There’s a long way to go, but civil servants are finally starting to get the IT they need, says the government’s chief technology officer Liam Maxwell

Four years on, has the Aerospace Growth Partnership given the aviation industry an uplift? Colin Marrs investigates

Civil Service Policy Profession to trial policy degree for future civil service leaders in a bid to professionalise government policy-making

If we are serious about creating a sustainable future, we must make Whitehall fit for the challenge, says environmental policy analyst and former government adviser Duncan Brack

Watch the highlights from the recent BT Infinity Lab Award a collaboration between BT, the Cabinet Office and Tech Hub. 

The British Library’s major new show marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. After a morning spent among scrolls and artifacts – including King John’s back molars – Jacqueline Tenreiro gives her verdict