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Dawes reportedly selected to replace Sharon White, who leaves this month

Inquiry will ensure "lessons are learnt to prevent these shocking events happening again"

This year's guidance clarifies rules for civil servants who are not 'politically restricted'

Treasury to publish report in 2020 setting out how costs of net-zero carbon emissions target should be distributed

NI pay offer "totally unacceptable" in continuing absence of a functioning executive, NIPSA says

Nurse David Atherton said he had seen "things getting better through UK aid” while volunteering in Malawi

Over-zealous interpretation of purdah rules in 2017 snap poll saw scientists unable to comment on independent research

Watchdog seeks director to oversee unit and to “create and shape a new function for the CMA"

Announcement comes after Harra vows to overhaul pay at the tax authority

Chief operating officer will be one of the permanent secretary's "closest advisers”, job ad says

Administrator sheds light on the scale of overpayments to pensioners first revealed by CSW this summer

FDA says members feel their Brexit work "isn’t being valued" as they turn down offer

Interim perm sec Jim Harra tells MPs he believes the agency’s debt recovery approach is “reasonable”.

Union says there is a need for increased funding across government to resolve "systemic" pay problems

Interim chief says reform is the only way to fix pay system's structural problems

Civil service chiefs defend Get Ready for Brexit campaign and say appearance of police backing for PM speech was "unintentional"

Legislation put forward as Michael Gove confirms Westminster would impose direct rule in a no-deal Brexit

Lond-awaited energy white paper finally on its way, business secretary tells MPs

Younger and ethnic-minority candidates put off by "financial disincentive" of unpaid board positions

Freight service will transport medical supplies with short shelf lives like radioisotopes and human organs

Transport secretary also reveals Northern franchise could be nationalised over contractor's poor performance

Spending watchdog warns there are significant Brexit risks 'beyond government's control'

Government won't fly in medicines in first batch of contracts awarded through £300m post-Brexit framework

Pristine copy of children's book was kept in a locked briefcase for safekeeping

Labour confirms Corbyn has requested talks as Johnson fails to call election for second time

Agency chief says staff are “under no illusion about the scale of the challenge”

From the storm of no-deal Brexit preparation to the headwinds of regulatory reform, Tamara Finkelstein walked into a squall when she took on the top job at Defra. But she tells Beckie Smith she is determined to create a more hospitable environment

Around 2,700 civil servants will move to new cost-saving sites, Cabinet Office says

Watchdog says departments being slow to share stats is a "major hindrance" to work of ONS

Effort to boost representation on SCS recruitment and promotion boards part of “iterative” approach to making civil service more inclusive, Selvin Brown says

Review of governance and management structure intended to "support the ramp up phase of delivery”

2019 survey also includes more questions about civil servants' socio-economic backgrounds

Harra takes over from Sir Jon Thompson, who has moved to the Financial Reporting Council

Cabinet secretary says he will "resist attempts to draw the civil service" into Brexit debates

Ex-MI6 chief says Tinker, Tailor Solider, Spy author is “obsessed" with his three-year spy career

Stats watchdog says department has failed to answer questions about how the pledge will be funded