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Appointment of Angela MacDonald and Penny Ciniewicz follows departures of key staff Ruth Owen and Jennie Granger earlier this year

Watchdog says too few impact assessments on new regulations are fit for purpose

Cabinet Office and Scottish Government among eight organisations given red rating for recruitment capability, while Treasury identified as paying 20% over an advertised salary range without seeking authorisation

ACOBA's annual report shows 27% hike in requests from former Crown servants to take up non-Whitehall roles

Agency’s annual report says it will miss its target for identifying and preventing losses in the tax credits system for a second year running

Osborne-led department rapped Theresa May’s domain over pay agreement for child-abuse inquiry chief, it has emerged

The chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee finds the Donmar’s new musical Committee a fair and compelling portrayal of the hearing on the collapse of Kids Company 

Meanwhile, Conservative Bernard Jenkin retains helm of Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee, while Labour’s Meg Hillier keeps hold of Public Accounts Committee

NAO says the department’s efforts to tackle online fraud are ‘not proportionate to the threat’

Conservative minority government’s Westminster woes will extend beyond the division lobbies, says think tank

Watchdog looks for international input on new regulatory landscape​ as deadline looms

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

From next month ministers and Whitehall civil servants will get figures “at the same time as everyone else”

Cloud Industry Forum finds widespread confusion and degree of apathy among UK organisations in regards to GDPR

Government should look ‘very seriously’ at investing more in both cyber security and training, as investigation - and finger-pointing - over WannaCry continue

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee calls for government to quicken response to MPs warnings over cyber security

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

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

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

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

DCLG confirms it is also ditching the use of the phrase "turned around" to describe families who have been subject to interventions under the programme

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

Civil service chief John Manzoni says good relationships between departments and their agencies are built on "trust, clarity of accountability" and a "shared understanding of purpose and outcomes"

Regulatory Policy Committee says it is "disappointed" that departments appear to be diverting resources away from providing rigorous assessment of their decisions