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New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People

Home Affairs Select Committee issues scathing report on errors in police funding overhaul – as department promises to learn lessons

Pressure on Care Quality Commission resources is showing through report errors, say MPs, as CQC chief David Behan (pictured) says regulator has been "working hard to improve"

Register of members' interests shows that Labour MP gave lectures through Civil Service Learning scheme before becoming the party's leader

DWP says it will meet the cost of redundancies stemming from decision not to move Housing Benefit staff into the department when benefits are merged

After a scathing report on problems with the digital overhaul of the system for paying EU subsidies, spending watchdogs Meg Hillier and Amyas Morse criticise behaviour that was "distressing to staff and visibly confrontational"

Liam Maxwell announces that DVLA's chief technology officer is heading back to the centre of government in January

Plans to grant councils power to raise money for social care could lead to big regional variations, warn care sector leaders

Welsh first minister says there is “no real machinery for a regular heads of government meeting” – as Silk Commission chair reveals he considered calling for separate civil service.

Civil service chief executive John Manzoni says government "making good" on promise to open up public sector procurement to smaller firms

Rosemary Agnew says open data should be seen as complementing Freedom of Information, as she warns UK government commission is a “threat to FoI in the UK"

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People

Whitehall's former digital chief to offer advice to governments around the world

In the latest Ministry of Justice U-turn, the justice secretary reverses another of his predecessor Chris Grayling's policies

Committee on Standards in Public Life aims to help commissioners spot the signs of unethical conduct

Report by former deputy governor of the Bank of England says 90% of ONS staff were “unwilling to move” out of London, leading to a “loss of knowledge and experience”

National Audit Office survey finds concern among government's digital leaders over their ability to recruit and retain staff – but there's support for many Cabinet Office intiatives to sharpen tech skills

Online procurement portal will help small businesses tap into £44bn public sector market, government says.

PCS union accuses driver agency of "petty-minded response" to staff who took earlier strike action

Former Ministry of Justice permanent secretary says technology-enabled flexible working can help disabled civil servants progress in their careers, even in an era of prolonged cut-backs

Chief executive of the Defence Equipment and Support agency says fresh Trident cost estimates are proof of an end to a culture in which the MoD has been "unrealistic about the numbers"

Foreign Affairs Committee chair Crispin Blunt welcomes “better outcome than had been feared” for the FCO

Fiscal watchdog predicts 0.1m drop in public sector workforce by 2020, but says pay restraint will reduce need for cuts

Department for Work and Pensions joins HMRC in bid to significantly cut its estate by the end of the decade