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Steve Allen to leave government-owned company building new rail link after auditors slam unauthorised redundancy payments

PCS general secretary also claims that civil servants have implemented some government reforms “unwillingly”

Tax authority announces recruitment for top tax post will be limited to existing civil servants

Former policy advisor at the Better Regulation Executive becomes PM at head of coalition government

Unusual recruitment process will establish possible candidates for £133k posts to lead Northern Ireland departments – but there are currently no vacancies

‘Divisive’ performance management schemes are among areas where change is needed to implement the plan, says FDA union

PACAC chair calls for expanded role for Department for International Trade second perm sec Crawford Falconer in Brexit trade talks

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was created in July 2016 as part of changes announced when Theresa May became prime minister. Civil Service World met Angie Ridgwell and Jaee Samant, the civil servants responsible for the transition programme from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, to reflect on the process. By Richard Johnstone

SSAC chair tells CSW the body will monitor the merging benefits system to make sure it matches ministers' pledges

Prime minister has confirmed the government is planning for every eventuality, including that no transition agreement is reach by 2019

As head of HM Courts and Tribunals Service, the Ministry of Justice executive agency that runs the judicial system in England and Wales, Susan Acland-Hood is overseeing wide-ranging reforms to the operation of courts across the country. She tells Richard Johnstone how the changes will improve access to justice

Josh Tapper to work in the Cabinet Office in the two-year scheme

Chair of welfare review body says model could be applied to contentious government plans to revise European legislation without parliamentary scrutiny

Scottish Conservative leader calls on government to fulfil manifesto pledges to move “significant numbers” of civil servants out of Whitehall

Appointment of new department chief follows Mark Lowcock’s departure to run UN humanitarian agency

Arrest made under 1911 Official Secrets Act, which sets out penalties for espionage

Cabinet Office says the proposal has not yet been agreed, despite reports

Proposal published today will cut maximum redundancy entitlement to 15 months’ salary – PCS union chief says “rushed” consultation shows that government has not learnt from court defeat     

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Labour is working on policy implementation plans that could be handed to civil servants

Committee chair Bernard Jenkin says that Brexit will expose “where understandings are weak and where relationships are strained” in Whitehall

 IfG calls for expanded role for Major Project Leadership Academy, including “regular engagement” with ministers

Move of civil service’s chief Brexit negotiator to the Cabinet Office will require new structures to be established with “time at a premium”, says IfG.

Philip Rycroft, the second permanent secretary at DExEU, will take up top post following Robbins's move to Cabinet Office

In her first interview as permanent secretary of the Department for International Trade, Antonia Romeo tells Richard Johnstone about the progress already made, and the Brexit challenges to come, for this brand new ministry.

Prospect union warns that spending cuts have increased risk faced by frontline government staff

IfG review on boosting cross-government functions highlighted civil service 'must tackle perception that policy trumps specialisms' for career progression

Union says first step towards possible strike action has been taken due to dismissive response to concerns from Cabinet Office minister Damian Green

New policy will base increases on cost of living while keeping public spending budgets in balance, says Nicola Sturgeon

Antonia Romeo tells CSW that the government is looking for areas where “win-win” deals can be reached quickly

Agency is the second government enforcement arm to trial cameras for protection this month

Home secretary also indicates that ONS will set out plan to improve government’s use of administrative data next month

Court rules that domestic worker kept by civil servant in conditions below legal standards for "basic minimum for dignity”

The DVLA chief executive explains to Civil Service World how the agency has been transformed into a digital business, and what Whitehall can learn from its base in Swansea

Think tank says that customs deal with the EU may not fully replicate exiting trade arrangements

Chapman, who has called for the creation of a new centrist party, says Treasury staff “could be running any multinational company they wanted”

Non-ministerial department was forced to delay launch of new redundancy scheme after court quashed existing terms