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New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Bernard Jenkin says his Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee needs more time to scrutinise the government's choice for public appointments watchdog – and the government has yet to name its preferred candidate for the civil service equivalent
Decade-long IT contract – underpinning £500bn in tax revenue – to come to an early end
DfID’s Angela Balakrishnan tells Max Goldbart how cross-government working and innovative content helped to keep the public informed at the height of the Ebola outbreak
Government Outcomes Lab being set up in partnership with Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government in a bid to assess the impact of outcome-based commissioning schemes
Largest civil service union to ballot members on closure of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills St Paul's Place site – as permanent secretary Martin Donnelly tells MPs the decision will "make policy work more cost-effectively"
Government's preferred candidate to succeed Sir David Normington as Commissioner for Public Appointments says revamped process for filling top public jobs will not result in ministers "just being able to get who they want"
International Development Committee gives broad backing to UK's new aid strategy – but warns DfID not to lose sight of poverty focus as other departments take on responsibility for spending development assistance funds
Committee chair Bernard Jenkin warns cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood that guidance on support for pro-Brexit ministers could leave officials exposed during legal proceedings — but Heywood says withdrawing them "would simply create uncertainty and confusion"
Bath and North East Somerset Council's Jo Farrar set to join Department for Communities and Local Government's senior management team
Outgoing director of the Institute for Government think tank due to take over from Sir David Normington at watchdog ensuring ministers fill top public jobs on merit
FDA union chief Dave Penman says pensions move will make make budget cuts "significantly worse” than the chancellor's headline announcements
Chancellor pays tribute to "great public servant" – but SNP MPs jeer reference to "impartiality"
CCS chief Collier says independence of exams watchdog Ofqual "one of the attractions" of taking on chief regulator role – and says procurement background no barrier to doing the job
Former Times health editor on the move to BIS
Outgoing director says it has been an "enormous privilege" to lead the think tank
New chief executive brings experience from local government and private sector
Former chief executive of hygiene services firm PHS Group brought in to lead civil service commercial profession
Chancellor George Osborne picks "outstanding civil servant" for the top Treasury post
Outgoing Commissioner for Public Appointments Sir David Normington says impact of planned shake-up of the watchdog outlined by Cabinet Office-commissioned review "would be largely to remove the checks and balances recommended by Lord Nolan 20 years ago"
Review of the UK’s statistical capacity finds that the Office for National Statistics needs to increase its London presence, ten years after it relocated operations from the capital to Newport
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee criticise the Cabinet Office for failing to deliver a culture change to protect staff who to raise concerns in the public interest