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The Transport Select Committee had called for clearer oversight of rail timetabling changes
Justin Russell previously oversaw the MoJ's prisons, offender and youth justice policy
Announcement comes as damning report finds probation service at one of collapsed company's subsidiaries "inadequate"
Information commissioner also said departments had done the "minimum" work needed to comply with GDPR, but there was "much more to be done"
The revelation comes as a CSW investigation shows the Department for Transport paid out £8,000 in payments connected to NDAs last year
Brexit will remain a key focus as the NAO rebalances its resources to cope with its mounting workload
DfT only received three bids for no-deal ferry contracts, NAO review finds
Select committee report has also questioned the chancellor's assertion that "austerity is coming to an end"
Davies, who set up the National Institute for Health Research and has driven efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance, will step down in September
Update also reveals that only one application for financial assistance under the Windrush hardship scheme has been approved
HMPPS is "emerging from several challenging years", says MoJ permanent secretary Richard Heaton
The report also called for and end to indefinite detention, which "causes distress and anxiety and can trigger mental illness"
Shadow foreign secretary says the FCO is suffering a “crisis of morale"
"One of the main criticisms levelled at the parole system was a lack of transparency," justice secretary David Gauke said as he set out refomrs following John Worboys case
The Cabinet Office alone awarded contracts worth a total of £56m, the figures show
The Transport Select Committee was told there was “no lawful basis” to use emergency powers to award contracts worth millions without an open tender.
"Public health risks posed by EU imports will not change immediately upon leaving the EU," the government said.
Change is needed to ensure the public are not "left in the dark about the operation of public services," the report said.
The inspection found violence had risen “alarmingly” in the last two years, largely fuelled by drugs
Since the UK voted to leave the European Union, civil servants have been working to get the country ready for its departure from the bloc. Beckie Smith examines how Brexit has changed government so far
Department says the 10,000-claimant pilot will be sufficient to test the managed migration process
Public Accounts Committee also said the department lacked teeth when it came to dealing with failing academy trusts.
Applicants must be able to work in a "politically charged environment", the job advert says.
The demands of Brexit and unprecedented ministerial turnover are hindering policy implementation, the IfG said.
Union dubs move a "first step in the right direction to fairness and equality" .
Public appointments review author also praises training among civil service professions as "light years" ahead of his time
Cleaners, receptionists and security guards are demanding £11-an-hour London living wage
National statistician John Pullinger said he was looking for entries that are "innovatively and efficiently helping users make sense of the world".
MoD permanent secretary admits the contract has not been "anywhere near as successful as we’d like".
Major government contractor G4S fails to win any bids in the latest contracts round.
Rudd also confirmed plans to delay the next phase of the rollout but said DWP would still hit its 2023 deadline.
Committee chair Rachel Reeves urged the regulator Ofgem to take harsher action against suppliers that don't fulfil their obligations under the programme.
Only the Scottish Government has said it will pay civil servants' application costs.
The transport secretary defended the department's decision to award a £13.8m contract to a company that owns no ferries.
"There is now a much greater turnover in government departments. If we don’t have people who learn these corporate lessons, we will make the same mistakes," warns British Academy chief
Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd has reportedly axed a vote on the reform to ensure it is "working in the interests of every claimant".