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Chancellor says "decision point" reached over government's stake in Royal Bank of Scotland
Austin Mitchell reviews a new book examining the impact of decades of reform to central government
Stereotyped as masters of the dark arts, what role do special advisers really play? As a new crop arrives in Whitehall, Sarah Aston asked some veteran spads to share their war stories
Meg Munn served as a minister for more than three years. Here she reflects on her time working with civil servants, including her attempts to get officials to ditch "baffling" jargon
Number 10 spokesperson denies new units tracking policy progress are a "judgement on the civil service"
Lord Kerslake, former head of the civil service, says it is "highly doubtful" government can secure like-for-like replacement of housing association properties sold off under new scheme
With longstanding public accounts committee chair Margaret Hodge announcing that she won't be seeking another five years at the helm of parliament's powerful cross-party spending watchdog, Civil Service World asked the three Labour MPs hoping to succeed her why they want the job, and whether they think the committee's treatment of officials needs to change
New minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock has set out his stall for five more years of civil service reform. Here's our full report on how it unfolded
In full: "Making the civil service work for modern Britain", Minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock's May 22 speech to the Institute for Government on civil service reform
Number 10 confirms plan to look again at ministerial veto over Freedom of Information requests, ahead of publication of Prince Charles' letters to departments
As David Cameron finalises post-election Cabinet, former business minister Matt Hancock is unveiled as Francis Maude's replacement
John Whittingdale to lead culture department, Amber Rudd gets energy and Sajid Javid moves to BIS, as post-election reshuffle continues
Department for Work and Pensions to be led by Iain Duncan Smith again as Cameron fleshes out new government
Former education secretary Michael Gove to take on justice secretary role while Nicky Morgan stays at DfE
As the country goes to the polls, here's CSW's full guide to what the 2015 election will mean for the civil service
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude tells CSW that performance management should move from a system where managers categorise set proportions of staff as performing well, acceptably and poorly to one where employees are individually ranked best to worst
Policy-makers around the world are using open data to bolster their development programmes, says Liz Carolan of the Open Data Institute
SNP leader and Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon sets out party's plans to 'change the direction' of next government, as David Cameron pledges yearly Treasury and Cabinet Office review of impact of devolved decisions
SNP leader and Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon to set out party's plans to 'change the direction' of next government
In the second of CSW's in-depth assessments of the party manifestos, Mark Rowe picks apart the Tory document to find out what the party has in store for the civil service
A glance at the new pledges contained in today's Conservative manifesto, as party praises the "impartial, professional and highly capable civil service"
This week on Civil Service World we'll be picking apart the main parties' election manifestos with an in-depth analysis of what they mean for the civil service. Here's a first glance at the new pledges contained in Labour's manifesto, published today by leader Ed Miliband
Former Scope and Mencap IT director Conall Bullock takes on newly-created Cabinet Office role, reporting directly to permanent secretary Richard Heaton