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All this week CSW will profile a host of major government projects from each of the four categories from the Government Major Projects Portfolio to see how the current slate of projects are preforming – and where lessons can be learnt

"Only ministers can set priorities for action," David Sterling said

The committee is the latest group to throw its weight behind calls to make securing a withdrawal agreement an “urgent priority”.

Lodge has also led the tax authority's benefits and credits and transformation divisions

BT's Simon Godfrey on how government is fundamentally rethinking its strategy for both people and places

Even with a transition period, it is "completely unfeasible" for the government to achieve the kind of Brexit it wants, the IfG said

Health secretary Matt Hancock throws weight behind pensions-style system to provide funding boost

Government’s project delivery chief on how departments and the Treasury are working to improve approval of major schemes ahead of 2019 review

The civil service values two types of knowledge, writes former senior civil servant Andrew Greenway, and understanding of policy is trumped by the skill of navigating Whitehall itself

A Spending Review offers a chance to re-examine projects and plans from the last four years – and to lay the groundwork for the next round of schemes. Government project chief Tony Meggs tells Richard Johnstone how the Infrastructure and Projects Authority will use the process to help drive improvement

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

A wide-ranging change to how government recruits for roles is being introduced across government. Whitehall’s chief people officer Rupert McNeil and other experts speak to CSW about what the move to success profiles will mean

The 2016 Chilcot Report exposed some of Whitehall’s biggest weaknesses – the silos and hierarchies that lead to bad decisions. Two years on, the officials who led the civil service response from the MoD, Cabinet Office and Foreign Office tell Tamsin Rutter what’s happened since then

Select committee chair says either the crown representative system failed for Carillion or it has never worked at all

Senior Salaries Review plans to tackle pay anomalies in SCS pay would undermine coherence with delegated grades, says Cabinet Office minister David Lidington

Government also reveals that Cabinet Manual will need to be revised after Brexit

Sir David Normington says move will be vital to keep tabs on unskilled migrant workers and blasts government’s current immigration targets

The Public Accounts Committee described the department's understanding of armed forces spending as “inadequate”

Brexit will make 2019 Spending Review more challenging for government, according to IfG

Umbrella trade union body said former Brexit minister Steve Baker’s attacks on civil servants from the dispatch box represented “a new low”

Transport select committee report warns it is unclear if planned new partnership for the intercity line can overcome “systemic difficulties”

Initial planning was “optimistic”, resulting in missed milestones, report finds

£48m from the Life Chances Fund will help raise funds for social projects