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Policy Exchange proposes “turbo charged” devolution of Whitehall functions to councils and city regions over the next five years

Think tank says fear of central government scrutiny stops councils from sharing full “lessons learned” on service integration work

Exclusive: Unions seek to put brake on revised redundancy rules negotiations in wake of EU referendum

Institute for Government says Department for International Trade's remit is at odds with comments from new prime minister Theresa May

IFS deputy director Carl Emmerson among new appointments to Social Security Advisory Committee

Unions welcome commitment to change controversial “guided distribution” system ahead of pilot results

Director Mark Fisher flags OCS’s connections with new home and says latest government restructuring is “vital”

Spending watchdog says bosses failure to declare National Insurance Fund payments kept departmental revenue spending in the black

Machinery of government change shifts Office for Civil Society functions to Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Watchdog says "less transactional" process is required and criticises Single Departmental Plans for failing to meet transparency goals

Department for Work and Pensions' director general tells MPs that policy changes are behind new timescales

New report praises cross-government progress since 2010 but questions the value of Single Departmental Plans

“The civil service has to be free to make whatever preparations it considers necessary and it should not be constrained by instructions from the government," says Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee chairman Bernard Jenkin

New prime minister brings former Home Office Spads Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy back to the fold

Sir Andrew Cahn says seismic shifts in departmental structures risk significantly delaying crucial post-EU referendum policy work.

Former FCO chief insists old department will be "absolutely at the heart of" new prime minister's task of quitting the European Union

Cabinet Office confirms pilots will test changes to civil service-wide staff grading system, but draws fire for “frustratingly slow” progress

National Audit Office issues another qualification of department’s accounts and says fraud and error levels remain “unacceptably high”

Watchdog suggests Home Office and NHS England tighten joint-working arrangements in future outsourcing deals

Tom Scholar rejects suggestion referendum preparations were weak and focused on securing a “Remain” result – but confirms existence of civil service-wide resource review

Information Commissioner says “public interest” in naming representatives from US healthcare firms overrides Freedom of Information exemption

Local Government Association says Brexit talks should not simply return legislative responsibilites straight to Westminster

National Probation Service director Colin Allars named as successor to Lin Hinnigan at troubled young offenders' organisation

University College London academics spearhead drive for independent inquiry into both sides’ “misinformation” and “outright falsehood”

Key aide to Boris Johnson has the “experience and leadership” to ensure the government’s housing targets are met, says communities secretary Greg Clark

Single Source Regulations Office chair Clive Tucker says there are “compelling reasons” to enhance his watchdog's authority over non-competitive military contracts

Resignation announcement comes ahead of the publication of the Taylor Review of the Youth Justice System

Civil Service People Survey delivery partner commends department’s bounce-back from morale doldrums

Prospect union identifies parts of government where temps and contractors account for more than a fifth of all staff spend – and warns of a structural reliance on non-salaried staff

National Audit Office investigation exposes trail of failings over £18.8m-a-year contract which saw consultancy make "incorrect and misleading representations" on overheads

HM Treasury’s John Kingman, Northern Ireland Office’s Malcolm McKibbin and Department for Communities and Local Government’s Louise Casey also receive top accolades

New chief executive and permanent secretary tells MPs that technology issues and new performance management regime are at the root of organisation’s problems

Hilary Spencer lined up as new head of the Government Equalities Office

PHE chief executive Duncan Selbie tells MPs of desire to return to cross-working model from “two reorganisations ago”

Lord Maude of Horsham’s request among appointments watchdog’s latest raft of transparency data