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Department also in the middle of big external recruitment push, perm sec tells MPs

A “radical” drive to move departments out of London would help regions adapt following Brexit, say consultants

Cabinet Office says switch a key milestone in unlock £300m savings

Staff numbers at lowest level since 1999, but unchanged for last nine months

Real terms pay levels to be £1,700 below 2009/10 peak set before Osborne freeze

Sarah Healey says response to Brexit shows the civil service at its best

Simon Case and Katrina Williams join the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union, as government prepares to issue Article 50 notification

Institute for Government report highlights “persistent weaknesses” that cause costly policy churn, prescribing a stronger role for MPs and the centre of government to stop unnecessary changes and secure institutional memory

Government Digital Service director general tells CSW's sister title Public Technology that his team is "moving away from the one-size-fits-all model" brought in under Francis Maude

Scottish first minister uses hastily-arranged press conference to say she will ask Theresa May for second referendum by spring 2019 

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

IfG says realism is needed on the scale of the EU divorce challenge

Public Accounts Committee says economic case is “crystal clear” for both houses to relocate for the duration of a £3.9bn overhaul

DCLG confirms it is also ditching the use of the phrase "turned around" to describe families who have been subject to interventions under the programme

Watchdog’s anger follows government response to committee’s Grimstone Review findings

Leigh Lewis says the time has come to consider more effective ways to set spending levels

Treasury and Cabinet Office vow to better align much-criticised SDPs with Brexit planning and Whitehall's ongoing £3.5bn efficiency review. But they reject calls to bring the public documents in line with the more detailed internal versions

Unions round on the chancellor as Budget sticks to George Osborne's 2015 departmental cuts plans in spite of Brexit vote

One-year to the introduction of quarterly reporting announced after concern MPs on the Treasury committee

Hammond avoids big tweaks to Whitehall budgets, but targets extra funding for social care and business rate relief

Treasury trails Hammond's first Budget, as OECD upgrades UK growth forecast

RSA says power in the UK remains "too centralised" – and urges central government to give more freedom to local authorities to tackle regional imbalances