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Reaction to the chancellor's Spending Review from Peter Riddell, Matthew Taylor, Dave Penman, Mark Serwotka, Garry Graham and Carolyn Fairbairn

Gardner will be the first woman to take on the role overseeing government legislation

Latest Whitehall Monitor from the Institute for Government says government must not take quality of open data for granted – and says new chief data officer will need "sufficient political and institutional clout" to make the issue a priority

The Official View: Fiona Mactaggart – a Home Office minister in Tony Blair's government – tells us about gossiping perm secs and why she believes politicians should have a greater say in choosing their officials

Find out which civil servants won awards at Thursday night's prestigious Buckingham Palace bash

Theresa May sketches out Home Office vision for the next five years – and confirms that Home Office perm sec Mark Sedwill is reviewing size of the department's central HQ

Combined central and local government outsourcing spend highest since early 2012, according to new research

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Tech industry group says some initiatives designed to open up markets are poorly understood, but Crown Commercial Service chief Sally Collier insists Whitehall is "changing the way it does business" with smaller firms

Report by Business in the Community says Social Value Act has had some impact in improving lot of low-paid staff – but backs tougher approach with agencies

National Audit Office asked by MPs to check whether Spending Review cuts are taking account of the environment

DWP perm sec heaps praise on the department's operations team for finding efficiencies, while acknowledging staff can't "just pedal faster forever"

DVSA in the market for new in-house digital staff after similar move by the DVLA to bring IT back home

Dods Research finds LSE best-perceived among officials, while some civil servants call for better access to academic studies

Cabinet Office says amended ministerial code continues to account for international conduct – but Sir Paul Jenkins warns of "contempt for the rule of international law"

Civil service chief executive John Manzoni says move will help Whitehall become "more talented, diverse and effective"

Consultancy to advise HMRC on end of the decade-long IT deal

Chancellor chairs first meeting of the public expenditure committee (PEX) — with DWP and DfID spending said to be under scrutiny

The government's lead non-executive says public services are now at a "critical juncture"

Richard Caborn spent a decade as a minister in the last Labour government. Here he shares his insights on working with officials – and explains why, on one occasion, the civil service went to the dogs...

The official view: former transport minister Stephen Hammond rates the civil service

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Beyond the comfort zone: Andrew Rogoyski, head of cyber security services at global IT supplier CGI, tells Civil Service World about an eye-opening secondment working on cyber security in the Cabinet Office

Find out which civil servants and departmental teams are in the running for an award

Minister for the Cabinet Office unveils plans for "digital fellowship" exchange on visit to Silicon Valley with government's CTO Liam Maxwell

Major business lobby group sets out stall ahead of government-wide Spending Review – with shared services, digitisation, and payment-by-results top of the agenda

Lord Macdonald tells File on 4 that policy and legal advice functions will “suffer” amid squeeze on resources – but current director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders praises "dedicated" staff

The official view: Clare Short spent six years as Tony Blair's international development secretary. Here she tells us about motivating officials, how her private secretary snuck her into a global trade conference, and why the civil service must pay "fair wages" to its staff

PM highlights achievements of Whitehall's digital team as he argues government has "moral imperative" to "streamline" public services

Crown Commercial Service promises to boost role of smaller firms as provision of travel and conference booking for officials is split into four contracts

The Official View: Former communities minister Bob Neill on the strengths and weaknesses of the civil service

Transformation programme director Michael Beaven takes up post with private firm after four years at the Government Digital Service

What do ministers really think of their officials? We asked Sir Ian McCartney – a former trade minister – to appraise the civil service

What do ministers really think of their officials? We asked Baroness Northover – a government whip during the coalition’s time in office – to appraise the civil service

Four former members of the Number 10 staff recall the highs and lows of their time at the centre of government

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