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With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall examined the challenges and rewards of driving the government's digital transformation

Former planning and skills minister reflects on life in government and ‘too vague’ David Cameron

Prime minister insists Home Office chief-turned-national-security-adviser can decline request to appear

Current academy leader Sweeney reveals impending move to Australia, as skills and training organisation also lifts lid on plans to collaborate more with other governments

Theresa May took second opinion from Sir Alex Allen before sacking her closest Cabinet ally

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

NAO report warns of stiff competition in recruitment and department’s funding and workload challenges

BEIS says funding will also extend opening hours and protect rural branches

Partially government-owned Behavioural Insights Team publishes results of trial schemes and urges Whitehall to take notice

NAO investigates why department was forced to redraw contracts and increase projected payments to CRCs by £342m

FCO teams up with DFID and British Council to tender for four-year framework to provide networking to 550 sites in the UK and throughout the world

Departmental figures show that seven big government departments have an average pay gap of over 10%

Transparency data reveals pay bands and appointing ministers for Whitehall’s 88 spads

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

Cabinet Office Single Departmental Plan also reveals proposals for a new shared services strategy as part of moves to boost commercial capability

MPs slam department’s weak oversight after company made unauthorised redundancy payouts totalling £1.76m

Staff at agency near the bottom of the civil service pay satisfaction table, but unable to take strike action

Public appointment commissioner lauds progress on gender diversity but brands record for disabled people “inadequate”

ONS figures reveal 300 staff moving from BEIS to DfE following shift in responsibility for further education

Auditor review of Green Investment Bank privatisation concludes efforts to ensure firm’s liabilities were off the public sector balance sheet could have reduced sale price

Think tank report on public inquiries finds lack of formal guidance, procedures and scrutiny measures

Cabinet secretary makes “statement of intent” about future rights to work in government

Whitehall’s chief executive says thousands of civil servants have already been moved into Brexit roles, with around a quarter coming from outside government