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Labour leader Ed Miliband vows boost in police numbers

New study by CSMA club highlights gap between public and private sector attitudes to work

Prime Minister David Cameron suggests memo on Nicola Sturgeon's contact with the French ambassador could have been leaked by coalition partners

Civil service memo on Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon's private conversation with French Ambassador originated in Scotland Office, it emerges, as Cabinet Office-led leak inquiry gets underway

New report by the Institute for Government think tank warns that 'huge variation in quality, usability and accessibility' of data is making it harder to measure departmental performance against Business Plans

Civil Service Policy Profession to trial policy degree for future civil service leaders in a bid to professionalise government policy-making

Exclusive: Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood sets out revised Talent Action Plan after 'worrying' government-commissioned reports on LGBT, BME and disability representation in the civil service

Report by former Stonewall chief executive, commissioned by the Cabinet Office, says many LGBT staff feel 'pressured to fit into a conventional mould'

SCS requirement for 'supreme flexibility' in working is holding back disabled civil servants, one of three government-commissioned reports on diversity finds

The National Audit Office finds no evidence that Capita inflated management fees or deliberately delayed payments to suppliers in Civil Service Learning contract, but watchdog does not pass judgement on overall value for money of the scheme. CSW looks at the report's key findings

Whitehall officials recruited to teach friends and family basic digital skills in Cabinet Office drive to get more people online

Ministry of Defence appoints its first chief executive of its procurement arm Defence Equipment and Support

Lords Economic Affairs Committee says Department for Transport has not made case for why High Speed 2 more 'cost-effective' than alternatives

 The next government must build on existing Whitehall reforms if it wants to avoid mid-term failures, says think tank the Institute for Government

Cabinet Office says contracts for private firms running public services will include 'presumption in favour of disclosing information' to the public

GDS's Mike Bracken appointed to new chief data officer role aiming to improve Whitehall's use of data

Celebrations about his departure "might not be necessary", minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude jokes at Reform think tank event

Report by MPs on the Defence Committee says UK must be prepared to deal with both 'unconventional and conventional threats'

Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude says £11bn of £20bn annual Whitehall efficiency drive identified, but Labour warns of little room for more 'back office efficiencies' 

Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude confirms that Standard Life's Sir Gerry Grimstone will review work of the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments

Mayor of London Boris Johnson says officials understand the difference between 'helping' and 'undermining' impartiality with media contact

Public Administration Select Committee attacks Treasury decision to publish letter on sharing the pound with an independent Scotland, and warns Scottish government's own 'White Paper' too political

Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude, who is stepping down as an MP in May, tells Sky News there is a 'huge amount' of work left to do