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Ex-FCO head says civil servants must not be scapegoated for ‘badly mishandled’ process

Transport secretary admits government can't recover Eurotunnel payout if no-deal Brexit is avoided

Department reports itself to Information Commissioner after hundreds of potential victims’ email addresses are wrongly shared

Former cabinet secretary also says Sir Mark Sedwill faces "mission impossible"

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

Trade unions argue that a significant, above-inflation increase is needed to address years of pay erosion north of the border

Next NHS Scotland boss will earn more than their predecessor, job ad shows

MPs call on department to set out consequences faced by officials for £17.6bn rail project’s late running

New system of follow-up reviews will update ministers on progress with improving worst prisons 

Scheme launched days after cabinet secretary admits there were "underlying structural causes" for scandal

Calls to advice lines for child support and probate services "do not generate revenue", minister says

Cabinet secretary admits he was "always uneasy" about the Home Office's overly ambitious ESN programme but insists it's not a failure

Prisons minister says state "better placed" to retain control of HMP Birmingham after stepping in last year

Department for Transport insists “HS2 is happening" as release of funds delayed

Four unions join forces to call for an end to "inherent unfairness" of differing pay deals across sectors

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

Probation services would be 'safer' under public ownership, chief inspector says

Department for Transport-funded services start as one firm says "there is no turning back at this late stage"

Report details seismic Whitehall shifts, two years after Theresa May triggered Article 50

 

Commercial skills still lacking in some departments, Reform report finds

Two decades after the Scottish Government and Welsh Government came into existence, politicians reflect on how staff reacted

Environment secretary also reveals rising number of secondments from Natural England

Data-enabled technologies can present "major ethical and practical challenges" for public bodies, committee chair Lord Evans says

More than 1,000 pieces of optical and radar data are now available under licence