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Brexit select committee also seeks continued scrutiny role following mooted machinery of government changes

FDA union’s latest working hours survey paints picture of understaffing, stress and reduced productivity  

Union voices anger that Disclosure and Barring Service project will not be brought back in-house

HMRC, Defra and cross-departmental borders group urged to update MPs on contingency-planning work

Department for Transport names Allan Cook as replacement for high-speed rail role

Union says Highways England chief received 9.7% rise last year

Charity will support diversity and innovation in public service

Loughborough centre will join new Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham bases from next year

Former Department for International Trade chief says there is no evidence of global deals being struck to rival current EU relationship

Watchdog says rapid timescale lacked “economic assessment of its implications”, ramping programme’s complexity and cost

Chief exec of UK Statistics Authority will retire from role in June 2019

Brokenshire also lauds 2.2% hike in numbers of new homes

Department for Transport, Ministry of Justice, Cabinet Office and Department for Work and Pensions teams among those honoured at ceremony

Institute for Government says department has to put officials’ accountability at the heart of new review

Concerns over statutory work as hundreds of civil servants are redeployed

Public Accounts Committee points to rising fraud and error projections amid ‘daunting workload’

Jonanthan Jones flags progress with key indicators developed in conjunction with departments

Treasury guidance encourages departments to offer “unreasonable certainty in timelines, costs and benefits”, IfG report finds

Furious unions say High Court papers reveal officials misled them on 2018-19 rise

Bill to give public servants clarity in power vacuum passes third reading

Penelope Endersby becomes agency’s first female boss seven months after Rob Varley quits

New hiring and promotion framework based on questionable premise says former MoD, DETR and DWP chief

Department for Work and Pensions details plans to fix historic Employment and Support Allowance underpayments

Champions who make a difference to staff and service users saluted at Whitehall ceremony

Relaxation of local-authority borrowing rules projected to add billions to official figures

Department says it wants a competitive tender process for the next Civil Service Pension Fund admin contract

But think tank warns the needs of staff rather than new technology should drive change

Outsourcing firm now owns 75% of flagship 'mutual' civil service pensions administrator

Public Accounts Committee warns of ‘unfit for purpose’ infrastructure and Brexit risks

Select committee chair says either the crown representative system failed for Carillion or it has never worked at all

Sir David Normington says move will be vital to keep tabs on unskilled migrant workers and blasts government’s current immigration targets

Paparazzi shot hints at Whitehall’s ‘Operation Yellowhammer’ contingency planning

Secretary of state says government will bring forward legislation to ensure continuity of appointments and public services as Stormont power vacuum continues

FDA union accuses home secretary of 'ducking responsibility' after police pledge

Occupational pension fraud and overpayments make up lion’s share of cashpot

Straw poll of Prospect members finds more than three-quarters are dissatisfied with government’s handling of negotiations