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Former health secretary (2010-12) Andrew Lansley talks to Civil Service World about his best and worst experiences of working with the civil service

Civil Service World's regular guide to the very best in Whitehallese

A former police call centre worker tells Freya Pascall about the pressures – exacerbated by central government – that led to their resignation. Illustration by John Levers

Former environment secretary (2010-12) talks to Civil Service World about her best and worst experiences of working with the civil service, clearing her desk post-reshuffle, and why she believes Whitehall training could be boosted by secondment to the private or voluntary sectors

Civil Service World presents our new, regular guide to the very best in Whitehallese

Journalist, doctor and academic Ben Goldacre - author of the acclaimed books Bad Science and Bad Pharma - tells CSW what works and what doesn't in the civil service

Departmental budgets, the Highways Agency and Gus O'Donnell on the Queen's VE day plans make our regular round-up of Whitehall in the headlines

Tackling the cultural and organisational changes needed to optimise and improve digital customer experience across the public sector

CSW asked Conservative MP and former minister Alistair Burt to appraise the UK civil service 

CSW asked Lib Dem MP and former transport and home office minister Norman Baker to appraise the UK civil service 

Chris Wormald

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education

Rob Varley

Chief Executive of the Met Office

Jon Thompson

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence

Mark Sedwill

Permanent Secretary of the Home Office​

Alison Saunders

Director of Public Prosecutions

Philip Rutnam

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Transport

Mark Russell

Chief Executive of the Shareholder Executive

Jane Platt

Chief Executive of National Savings & Investments

Sue Owen

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Ruth Owen

Head of the Operational Delivery Profession

Una O'Brien

Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health

Tim Moss

Chief Executive of Companies House

Malcolm McKibbin

Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service

Mark Lowcock

Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Development  

Stephen Lovegrove

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Energy and Climate Change

Ed Lester

Chief Executive of the Land Registry

Chris Last

Head of Civil Service Human Resources

Sir Bob Kerslake

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Communities and Local Government

Jonathan Jones

Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General

Sir Derek Jones

Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Government

Bronwyn Hill

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Richard Heaton

Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office

Sir Simon Fraser

Permanent Secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Martin Donnelly

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Robert Devereux

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Work and Pensions

Bill Crothers

Chief Commercial Officer