Cabinet Office recruiting for no deal Brexit contingency staff pool
Department looks to put 50-strong team on standby for Brexit-related crises
Vallance also announced he had appointed a chief scientific adviser to the Department for...
The biography examines 70 years of history between government and academia as well as the...
May travels to Brussels today “seeking legal and political assurances” to concerns expressed...
Latest figures show 2.8% year-on-year increase to September
Finance secretary announces 3% increase for civil servants earning up to £36,500, but limits...
Departments increasing spending with biggest suppliers despite financial troubles, review finds...
Vote of confdence among Conservative MPs will be held this evening
Matthew Vickerstaff named as interim successor to government project chief ahead of a full...
“This role is critical to our transformation as a department servicing around 20 million...
Whitehall projects chief to chair body constructing cross-London line as it is revealed project...
May postpones vote as a group of MPs says it is “disappointed” in the Treasury's...
Brexit is already transforming much more than the UK’s relationship with the EU. But amid the uncertainty and acrimony, can politicians, officials and voters seize the chance to make change for...
Philip Hammond heralded an end to austerity, but with growing pressures set to squeeze services further, his Budget can’t meet the public’s expectations
Black History Month reminds us that celebrating differences helps people understand other people’s experiences and illustrates the opportunity to create a culture where everyone can help push the...
Sir Jeremy Heywood reflects on his civil service career as he announces he is to step down as Cabinet secretary to focus on his treatment for cancer
When the history of Brexit is written, it will be some of this country’s political leaders, not its civil service, that will be subject to the harshest scrutiny, says the former DWP perm sec
As part of our series profiling up-and-coming leaders in the civil service, Marsha Osivwemu, the...
Moving to the education department brought Jonathan Slater back to a policy area he knows and...
"When I was at college, I never knew the civil service was for everyone to join, it thought it...
"There are plenty of positive professional role models in the technology industry, but getting...
A Spending Review offers a chance to re-examine projects and plans from the last four years –...
Elizabeth Gardiner, the first parliamentary counsel, leads the team that writes the UK’s...
Chief scientific advisers provide vital expertise to help departments make informed policy decisions – not least during national emergencies. But to be effective, they must also be experts in the...
The government’s recent moves to get the expansion of airport capacity off the ground are the latest twist in one of the UK’s longest running policy sagas. Richard Johnstone considers whether this...
CSW brings together memories and tributes from those who knew Lord Heywood over his 35 years as a civil servant
The biography examines 70 years of history between government and academia as well as the changing relationship between TV and politics
The former permanent secretary of the culture department chews the fat with Suzannah Brecknell
Former cabinet secretary Lord Andrew Turnbull shares his reflections, and a lunch, with Suzannah Brecknell