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Former Cabinet Office perm sec – and one-time Football Association chief exec – set to return as Civil Service Commissioner, subject to approval from MPs

Britain's former top civil servant argues that we must “push back” deadline for achieving budget surplus in light of post-referendum economic uncertainty

Number 10 says pay rises reflect "change in scale and scope of the range of responsibilities going from coalition to single party government" – as Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party seize on CSW's story

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

Civil service unions hit out as new CSW analysis shows that many outgoing Number 10 advisers had substantial year-on-year pay rises, as well as enhanced redundancy terms and honours​

Full details on the new leadership team at the DIT – as former UK Trade and Investments chief exec Andrew Cahn tells CSW that setting up a new department could have a "really serious frictional cost"

David Hoare steps down after saying the Isle of Wight suffered from a "mass" of crime, drug and unemployment problems

Leaked risk assessment highlights concerns over workforce and Brexit – but Whitehall source points out that such documents are designed to set out "worst-case scenario"

Advertisement for the role of Wales' top official goes live – as first minister Carwyn Jones emphasises that Brexit means "fundamental change for Wales and the UK as a whole"

How can Whitehall departments be persuaded to collaborate more effectively to achieve greater efficiency and savings? Mark Smulian reports on a round table discussion of the issue sponsored by CGI at Civil Service Live and led by the Ministry of Justice permanent secretary Richard Heaton

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

The UK ran a surplus of just £1bn last month – £200m lower than July 2015