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Committee on Standards in Public Life seeks more views on need for beefed-up rules on outside work, and the potential for conflicts of interest

Queen’s Birthday Honours list also includes knighthood for UN under-secretary general Stephen O’Brien

Former cabinet secretary says “wheeler-dealer” nature of minority government is likely to sideline Whitehall expertise, and predicts shelving of some Brexit groundwork 

Former Treasury economist Sir David Norgrove is no stranger to number crunching and dealing with tough politicians. Now the new chair of the UK Statistics Authority tells Jim Dunton about the challenges ahead for the statistics watchdog, and what he thinks Thatcher would have made of Brexit

Institute for Government data crunch highlights discrimination issues and “stalled” progress on boosting Senior Civil Service’s BAME numbers

UK Statistics Authority says NHS Improvement does not have to publish quarterly performance figures before general election

Executive agency set to launch new directorate from the start of next month

Manifesto commitments include relocating “significant numbers” of public sector workers to new administrative centres across the country

Conservationists voice fears over proposals to remodel listed city office block

According to reports, the Department for International Development’s top civil servant is set to be appointed as under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs at the UN

 

Veteran negotiator Jonathan Powell lauds civil service’s post-referendum progress but cautions on remaining skills gaps

Local Government Association asks all parties to commit to further devo rollout in their election manifestos

Institute for Government report says free movement could stay for several years because new system won’t be ready

MPs question need for tax collection agency’s shift to city centre bases amid digital services drive

Former Cabinet Office minister details plan of action for newly-launched drive to free industry from unnecessary EU bureaucracy

Review suggests priorities and spending decisions should be “more explicitly informed” by the return they provide on investment

Commons Procedure Committee demands beefed-up model for examining government's Main Supply Estimates

Foreign secretary’s mayoral fixer becomes non-executive director at King Charles Street

Select committee voices fears Brexit process may cause departments to miss implications of new European laws

Justice Select Committee raises spectre of more fragmented services and weakened economies of scale from latest reform drive

Public Accounts Committee report on outsourced tax credits debacle says agency lacked the commercial capacity for the payment-by-results deal

Department launches recruitment drive for £110k post to underpin “huge” change programme

Committee on Standards in Public Life investigation will examine the case for beefed-up rules on extra work, and the potential for conflicts of interest

Newport campus part of £17m investment in new technology and data sources

Health Select Committee calls for stronger measures to tax unhealthy food and drink, plus clearer warnings on future action

Watchdog warns demands of service pressures, major projects and Brexit are outpacing Whitehall’s capacity to deliver at a time of staffing restrictions and spending restraint

New department says £125k role will focus on developing its “underpinning foundations”, building values and forming its culture

Cabinet Office summons Google to answer concerns over video-sharing subsidiary

Treasury Select Committee says it would be “imprudent” for decisions on the multi-billion pound overhaul to be taken before inquiry is complete

Davinder Mann promoted to lead operations at business-aiding agency

Think tank argues chancellor’s bungled budget fundraiser makes case for better policymaking

National Audit Office says department’s attempts to address delays have compressed its Carrier Strike delivery schedule and “added risk with limited contingency”

Pact pledges “appropriate” pay for new starters and protects salaries of existing staff members who retrain under apprenticeship proposals

Alexandra Jones set to leave Centre for Cities to take up new role

Public Accounts Committee says economic case is “crystal clear” for both houses to relocate for the duration of a £3.9bn overhaul

Watchdog’s anger follows government response to committee’s Grimstone Review findings