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Newly-released historical papers from the Foreign Office show Britain’s decidedly undiplomatic take on the state of Ireland

Foreign Office files show how the department's permanent secretary ordered the formation of an elite “security coordination unit", able to call on officials from right across the civil service

Co-writer of the still-definitive civil service satire rememberd as "an iconoclast who was willing to make a joke about almost anything"

Revised Technology Code of Practice sets out criteria by which all big government technology projects will be judged

Then-foreign secretary and his wife asked officials to gather "as many details as possible" about the wives and family lives of foreign ministers, new papers show

Newly-released papers show how Number 10 kept the Foreign Office out of the loop over a US briefing on the controversial Strategic Defence Initiative

Newly-released papers show how officials set out to frustrate planned visit by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation leader

David Hoare steps down after saying the Isle of Wight suffered from a "mass" of crime, drug and unemployment problems

Interim director Jess McEvoy sets out next steps for flagship user verification service – as analysts downplay HMRC's move to develop its own ID system

Inquiry into the leaked list of resignation honours will report "as soon as possible", says the Cabinet Office 

Leaked risk assessment highlights concerns over workforce and Brexit – but Whitehall source points out that such documents are designed to set out "worst-case scenario"

Downing Street moves to dampen speculation that Theresa May is considering a rethink on George Osborne's drive to give away powers in exchange for elected mayors

Advertisement for the role of Wales' top official goes live – as first minister Carwyn Jones emphasises that Brexit means "fundamental change for Wales and the UK as a whole"

How can Whitehall departments be persuaded to collaborate more effectively to achieve greater efficiency and savings? Mark Smulian reports on a round table discussion of the issue sponsored by CGI at Civil Service Live and led by the Ministry of Justice permanent secretary Richard Heaton

Daniel Thornton of the respected IfG think tank predicts greater role in business transformation work for government departments

The highest proportion of top public sector jobs on record went to women in the last year, new figures from the Commissioner for Public Appointments show

The UK ran a surplus of just £1bn last month – £200m lower than July 2015

Tax experts and industry bodies urge rethink on plans to make public sector bodies, not contractors themselves, responsible for applying rules known as “IR35”

Equalities and Human Rights Commission paints stark picture of differing outcomes for ethnic minority groups and urges government to join up disparate initiatives

Institute for Government's latest "Responsiveness Ranking" paints a mixed picture of the way departments respond to requests for information

Permanent secretary of the Department for Exiting the European Union says the new organisation is "growing fast"

Assistant chief executive of Birmingham City Council tells CSW that central government needs to stop telling town halls to you need to earn your freedom

Latest bid to change the culture of the civil service sees 4,000 top officials asked questions on their background

Janet Hughes announces that she is to leave the flagship identity assurance scheme at the end of this week