Policy

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

Civil Service Policy Profession to trial policy degree for future civil service leaders in a bid to professionalise government policy-making

Report by the Public Accounts Committee says HMRC too slow in identifying potential abuse of tax reliefs

Prime minister needs team who can speak 'frankly' on departments, Labour peer Lord Falconer says, but warns against 'divisive' approach to Whitehall

Department for Education announces members for commission on new ways to assess pupil ability

Institute for Government urges greater focus on collaboration and long-term planning