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Finance minister agrees to make basic payment ASAP with further negotiations later

Leaked letter to senior health department official says ministers’ messages have created ‘confusion and additional workload’

PACAC chair asks national statistician which dataset the nation should use after concerns about hospital-only figures

Treasury and HMRC urged to build evidence base for change as support for better-funded public services is expected to grow

National Audit Office questions financial planning for keeping top institutions in good repair

But HMRC and Border Force workers are still among the most stressed parts of the civil service, according to poll data

Delayed results of sentiment poll paint broad picture of ongoing improvement

MPs told previous verbal and numeric testing regime was slashing candidate pool by half

Former communities secretary fears private sector roles for Brexit negotiators will be major issue

Ministers urged to introduce wage-guarantee scheme as data underscores lack of savings and reliance on credit

Cabinet Office says Covid-19 outbreak triggers “extreme urgency” clauses in Public Contract Regulations

Jim Harra ‘strongly rejects’ criticism from Ed Davey’s APPG on the controversial Loan Charge

Prospect chief calls on cabinet secretary to ensure civil servants rights are upheld amid increasing concerns

Ministries prepare for food shortages and months of traffic disruption as Home Office says protests ‘may absorb significant amounts of police resource’

Peter Lawrence calls on civil servants to help identify candidates for Going Forward Into Employment programme

PCS says contractors' use of agency staff to cover industrial action may have broken the law

Staff vote in favour of settlement that represents 3% pay rise

Developer hands over state-of-the-art base for HMRC and Office of the Advocate General

Commission chaired by former civil service head blasts government’s approach to economic development and calls for new £10bn-a-year fund

MPs find millions miss out on potentially life-saving checks against backdrop of underperformance and out-of-date IT

Paying private-sector landlords to make their own buildings safe was against the principles of Managing Public Money, secretary of state was warned

Machinery of government change will see nomadic brief shift to Cabinet Office from April

PCS boss says members report lack of preparedness for cliff-edge exit from European Union in March