Aides to President Barack Obama have in recent weeks courted civil rights groups and borrower advocacy organisations, in an attempt to muffle criticism from key political allies

Senior civil servants are to be given special training to help them manage major infrastructure projects such as high-speed rail.

Britain's senior mandarins are freezing Alex Salmond's top civil servant out of high level talks about Scottish independence.

Senior civil servants are being sent to "leadership school" amid concerns they do not have the skills to run major projects like the Olympics, welfare reforms and new high-speed trains.

Sam LaHood, son of the US transport secretary, is among those charged with operating civil society groups without permission and receiving unauthorised foreign funding

Ministers are under pressure to explain why they allowed a top civil servant to be paid his salary through a company, allowing him significantly to reduce his tax bill

A BBC Newsnight investigation reveals that the Student Loans Company's chief executive Ed Lester received his £182,000 pay package without deductions for tax or National Insurance.

Online activists across Europe are protesting against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which officially aims to protect intellectual rights but which critics say violates privacy. An online petition against the international treaty attracted more than a million signatures, EurActiv's network in Central Europe reports. More »

The former cabinet secretary's letter to Margaret Hodge complained of her treatment of civil servants, reveals Sue Cameron.

A review into claims of tax avoidance by top civil servants is ordered by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, after a BBC Newsnight investigation.