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Lord Nick Macpherson says select committees should be better resourced to conduct over-arching probes

Department picks up coveted Royal Statistical Society award

Chief executive predicts "challenging" year after expert shortages combine with casework hike

Information Commissioner orders MoJ to disclose fines dished out to private-sector operators and cost of HMP Birmingham riot

PACAC describes Manzoni and Treasury admissions on PFI as ‘shocking’

HMPPS delayed roll out of programme to reduce suicide, self-harm and violence levels because of ‘unanticipated’ spike in inmate numbers

Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Office of the Advocate General set for New Waverley move

Civil servants think rank-and-file politicians need private briefings on Universal Credit implementation and other big changes 

Department offers £71k for grade 6 role described as ‘supplementing’ ongoing work

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency leaves Westminster for Canary Wharf

Watchdog Acoba also approves roles for ex-No 10 strategy director and DIT "cybersecurity ambassador"

Select committee chairs set out fears for the future in letter to prime minister Theresa May

Council chief execs also offered cap-busting rise, bagging same 2% deal offered to rank-and-file staff

Dominic Raab sets out plans to boost council control over next-generation large-scale housing delivery

Department insists ‘no decisions have been made’ on extending current arrangements

New arrangements breach normal 21-day rule for Statutory Instruments coming into effect

Disclosure and Barring Service modernisation programme is four years late and likely to cost £229m more than planned say MPs

After a career managing major projects and transforming the way we maintain our roads, Graham Dalton is making his mark at the DIO. He speaks to Jim Dunton about smarter partnerships, runway renovations, and dinghies

Grenfell Tower tragedy and housing drive are behind growth spurt, department says

Innovative selection process sees three firms picked for 10-year project to support personnel for next-generation Dreadnought Class nuclear submarines

Department pledges to take more notice of green building certification and increase use of low-emission vehicles

Staff welcome weekly window for healthy activities agreed in deal with civil service unions

Conciliation service officers picket branches as dispute with management escalates

Report argues Whitehall, the NHS and local government will not be able to fill key roles without tailored agreement with the European Union

Cabinet Office's annual figures show four-fold increase for Brexit department

Windrush scandal turns spotlight on numbers shortfall with high-fliers programme

MPs criticise department for not knowing where to spend £7bn pump-priming cashpot

Three months after the collapse of Carillion, organisation says outsourcing firms’ operating models require greater scrutiny

Think-tank says business rates retention schemes will reduce central government’s financial flexibility and may not provide valuable insight

Competition rules also relaxed for appointments aimed at boosting life chances of disadvantaged applicants

Public Accounts Committee tells ministry to up its game on keeping track of schools operators at risk of going broke

Watchdog MPs doubt department’s ability to meet £1.7bn savings target from new regulations

Cabinet Office gives unions six weeks to table compo package to rival its own update proposals

Think tank says chancellor will trumpet lower annual borrowing but report a much bigger deficit than predicted two years ago

Union’s national executive calls for pan-Whitehall dialogue on ending pay cap with threat of national ballot on the strike action

Civil service unions urge politicians to give workers same rights to fair pay that they enjoy