diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8ba915ff761..fd301292c4b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.10.17
+ - ADDED civicrm.css to core with default settings. This is primarily to support separate theme extensions using RiverLea as a parent theme.
+ - REMOVED civicrm.css from streams where not custom (e.g. Minetta but not Walbrook)
+ - CHANGED front-end form layout, including hiding Stream name/version on front-end
+
 0.10.16
  - ADDED CiviMail custom CSS override (civi_mail-ang/crmMailing.css)
  - CHANGED CiviMail custom CSS to integrate with override file, replace fixed values with variables
diff --git a/core/ang/crmStatusPage.css b/core/ang/crmStatusPage.css
index 23dd2b07cba8..dc39f4ea41e7 100644
--- a/core/ang/crmStatusPage.css
+++ b/core/ang/crmStatusPage.css
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
     font-size: var(--crm-small-font-size);
     margin-right: var(--crm-r);
 }
-#tab-status-visible-1 .hush-menu {
+#crm-status-list .hush-menu {
     margin-left: auto;
 }
-#tab-status-visible-1 .hush-menu > div {
+#crm-status-list .hush-menu > div {
     position: relative;
 }
 #crm-status-list .hush-menu button {
-    background-color: rgba(256,256,256,0.5);
+    background-color: rgba(256,256,256,0.6);
     color: var(--crm-c-text);
     font-size: initial;
 }
diff --git a/core/css/_core.css b/core/css/_core.css
index 066817357f3a..9fca7a9068e7 100755
--- a/core/css/_core.css
+++ b/core/css/_core.css
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 @import url(components/_components.css);
 @import url(components/_front.css);
 
-:root {--crm-release: '0.10.16';}
\ No newline at end of file
+:root {--crm-release: '0.10.17';}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/css/_variables.css b/core/css/_variables.css
index cdecee9e99e0..f82b86a1f84c 100644
--- a/core/css/_variables.css
+++ b/core/css/_variables.css
@@ -447,4 +447,4 @@
 --crm-f-form-error-bg: var(--crm-c-red);
 --crm-f-logo-height: 40px;
 --crm-f-logo-align: center; /* left, right or center */
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/css/civicrm.css b/core/css/civicrm.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..01f588409a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/css/civicrm.css
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+@import url(_base.css); /* resets and civi wide styles */
+@import url(_cms.css); /* CMS-specific hacks/workarounds */
+@import url(_core.css); /* components and utility classes */
+@import url(_fixes.css); /* deprecated-Civi handling, hacks/workarounds. one day this will go. */
diff --git a/core/css/components/_form.css b/core/css/components/_form.css
index a31b93892997..2a793fca270b 100644
--- a/core/css/components/_form.css
+++ b/core/css/components/_form.css
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ input.crm-form-checkbox + label,
     width: auto;
     appearance: auto;
     height: auto;
+    box-shadow: none;
 }
 /* Checkbox/radio fields with n-per-line. See https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/4985 */
 .crm-container .crm-multiple-checkbox-radio-options {
diff --git a/core/css/components/_front.css b/core/css/components/_front.css
index b850899fce32..4e9eb80dec48 100644
--- a/core/css/components/_front.css
+++ b/core/css/components/_front.css
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 .crm-container.crm-public fieldset:not(.collapsed, .crm-inactive-dashlet-fieldset, .af-container-style-pane),
 .crm-container.crm-public .crm-event-info-form-block,
 .crm-container.crm-public #crm-profile-block,
-.crm-container.crm-public .af-container:not(.af-container-style-pane) {
+.crm-container.crm-public
+.crm-container.crm-public .af-container:not(.af-container-style-pane),
+.crm-container.crm-public .email-5-section {
     background-color: var(--crm-f-fieldset-bg);
     margin: var(--crm-f-fieldset-margin);
     padding: var(--crm-f-fieldset-padding);
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@
 .crm-contribution-confirm-form-block fieldset legend:has(~ .header-dark) {
     display: none; /* fix for duplication on confirmation screen of legend text with Header Dark text */
 }
+.crm-container.crm-public .crm-section {
+    padding: 0;
+}
 .crm-container.crm-public fieldset > fieldset,
 .crm-container.crm-public fieldset:has(> fieldset) {
     padding-top: 0;
@@ -50,17 +55,31 @@
     background: transparent;
     padding: 0;
 }
+.crm-container.crm-public .form-layout-compressed {
+    display: block;
+}
+.crm-container.crm-public span#msgbox {
+    border-radius: var(--crm-roundness);
+    padding: var(--crm-padding-small);
+}
+.crm-container.crm-public #civicrm-footer::after {
+    display: none;
+}
 /* Input */
 .crm-container.crm-public .crm-section:has( > .label) {
     padding: var(--crm-f-form-padding);
     display: var(--crm-f-form-layout);
     grid-template-columns: var(--crm-f-label-width) 1fr 0;
-    margin: 0 calc(-1 * var(--crm-f-form-padding)) !important;
+    margin: 0 calc(-1 * var(--crm-f-form-padding));
 }
-.crm-container.crm-public .crm-section:has(> div > input:focus) {
+.crm-container.crm-public .crm-section:has(> div > input:focus),
+.crm-container.crm-public .crm-section:has(> div > select:focus),
+.crm-container.crm-public .crm-section:has(> div > textarea:focus) {
     background-color: var(--crm-f-form-focus-bg);
 }
-.crm-container.crm-public .crm-section:has(> div > input.crm-inline-error) {
+.crm-container.crm-public .crm-section:has(> div > input.crm-inline-error),
+.crm-container.crm-public .crm-section:has(> div > textarea.crm-inline-error),
+.crm-container.crm-public .crm-section:has(> div > select.crm-inline-error) {
     background-color: var(--crm-f-form-error-bg);
 }
 .crm-container.crm-public input[type="text"],
@@ -72,7 +91,7 @@
     border-radius: var(--crm-f-input-radius);
     padding: var(--crm-f-input-padding);
     font-size: var(--crm-f-input-font-size);
-    width: var(--crm-f-input-width);
+    min-width: var(--crm-f-input-width);
 }
 .crm-container.crm-public input[type="radio"] {
     margin: var(--crm-s2) var(--crm-s3) 0 0;
@@ -91,7 +110,7 @@
 }
 .crm-container.crm-public .select2-dropdown-open .select2-choice,
 .crm-container.crm-public .select2-dropdown-open .select2-choices {
-    border-radius: 0;
+    border-radius: var(--crm-f-input-radius) var(--crm-f-input-radius) 0 0;
 }
 .crm-submit-buttons {
     padding-inline: 0;
diff --git a/streams/empty/css/civicrm.css b/streams/empty/css/civicrm.css
deleted file mode 100755
index 2370f87f0d79..000000000000
--- a/streams/empty/css/civicrm.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-@import url(../../../core/css/_base.css); /* resets and civi wide styles */
-@import url(../../../core/css/_cms.css); /* CMS-specific hacks/workarounds */
-@import url(../../../core/css/_core.css); /* components and utility classes */
-@import url(../../../core/css/_fixes.css); /* deprecated-Civi handling, hacks/workarounds. one day this will go. */
diff --git a/streams/hackneybrook/css/civicrm.css b/streams/hackneybrook/css/civicrm.css
deleted file mode 100755
index 2370f87f0d79..000000000000
--- a/streams/hackneybrook/css/civicrm.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-@import url(../../../core/css/_base.css); /* resets and civi wide styles */
-@import url(../../../core/css/_cms.css); /* CMS-specific hacks/workarounds */
-@import url(../../../core/css/_core.css); /* components and utility classes */
-@import url(../../../core/css/_fixes.css); /* deprecated-Civi handling, hacks/workarounds. one day this will go. */
diff --git a/streams/minetta/css/civicrm.css b/streams/minetta/css/civicrm.css
deleted file mode 100755
index 2370f87f0d79..000000000000
--- a/streams/minetta/css/civicrm.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-@import url(../../../core/css/_base.css); /* resets and civi wide styles */
-@import url(../../../core/css/_cms.css); /* CMS-specific hacks/workarounds */
-@import url(../../../core/css/_core.css); /* components and utility classes */
-@import url(../../../core/css/_fixes.css); /* deprecated-Civi handling, hacks/workarounds. one day this will go. */
diff --git a/streams/walbrook/css/_variables.css b/streams/walbrook/css/_variables.css
index 35d472cd4391..0ebee612d46b 100755
--- a/streams/walbrook/css/_variables.css
+++ b/streams/walbrook/css/_variables.css
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     Description: Based on Shoreditch theme. Named after after River Walbrook, which runs under Shoreditch, London;
 */
 
+@import url(_font.css);
+
 :root {
 
 --crm-version: 'Walbrook, v' var(--crm-release);
@@ -231,4 +233,4 @@
 /* Frontend */
 --crm-f-legend-align:;
 --crm-f-legend-size: var(--crm-r2);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}