Leadership

Nicholas MacPherson and Peter Ricketts to become crossbenchers in the Lords, while ex-special advisers figure prominently among Cameron’s 13 new Conservative peers

“I’ve read many times about the end of GDS, but it has always come back stronger than before,” says new GDS director general

Simon MacDowall, a former communicationss director in three departments, argues that true success lies not in spinning media lines but in putting citizens’ needs first

Around 100 higher and further education staff are set to move over to the Department for Education – but the PCS union warns that many jobs are still at risk

The GDS's new leader Kevin Cunnington now has the opportunity to complete the cultural shift from confrontation to collaboration with departments, says digital inclusion specialist Matthew Trimming​

 Vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University to lead body that will grade higher education institutions on the quality of their teaching

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

Climate sceptics were jubilant when Theresa May announced the end of a dedicated climate change department. But, as Professor Sam Fankhauser of the Grantham Research Institute argues, bringing together the teams working to cut carbon with those drawing up industrial policy could be a smart move 

Confidence, and a more commercial attitude towards project delivery, leads to better outcomes, FCO Services chief executive Danny Payne tells CSW

While steps to improve data on whistleblowing are welcome, civil servants need more reassurance that they won't be penalised for challenging wrongdoing, says Tom Casey of the independent whistleblowing charity​ Public Concern At Work

Former minister for the Cabinet Office also tells the Centre for Public Impact that he regrets not doing more to iron out civil servants' frustrations with technology

Martin Donnelly and Alex Chisholm leading the newly-created department as joint permanent secretaries

New director Crystal Akass and operations lead Jo Rodrigues will report to chief people officer Rupert McNeil

Earlier this month, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority published its annual report shedding light on the government’s largest and most complex projects. Alongside details on budget and timelines, each project is given a red, amber or green rating to indicate how likely it is to deliver expected benefits. Suzannah Brecknell takes a look at some of the key findings

HMRC's customer service director general says she is "confident that what the Public Accounts Committee are suggesting won't happen"

New service charter sets out what the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman expects from departments and NHS trusts

Think tank calls for stronger sector-wide systems to support and learn from failing organisations

Former Scottish government and DCLG perm sec says public sector workforce has a "subsidiary and problematic status" in variants of the New Public Management model in vogue with politicians since Margaret Thatcher

Vicky Pryce, former joint head of the Government Economic Service, tells Sam Macrory why, despite the tumultuous times ahead, she would welcome a return to Whitehall…and not only to increase the number of senior women by one

26% of competitions overseen by Whitehall's jobs watchdog saw private sector candidates appointed in 2015-16, new data show

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”

A lack of planning, a breakdown of cabinet government, the sidelining of civil service advice – the parallels between the Iraq debacle and the aftermath of the Brexit vote are striking, argues Sue Cameron

New research from the Civil Service Commission finds that while BME civil servants represented more than a tenth of all applicants to senior jobs, they made up less than 5% of those chosen for interview