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Boyd said he has helped to develop a "increasing appreciation of the embeddedness and the importance of science in Defra".

DfID’s Fergus McBean won the Use of Evidence Award at this year’s Civil Service Awards through an innovative approach to inform cholera prevention in war-torn Yemen. He tells Naomi Larsson how the department did it

House of Lords committee concludes that drive to tackle tax evasion “may have pressured staff to take a more aggressive approach”

There’s a vast network that keeps our internet running, and it lives under the ocean

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Department publishes plan as independent review seeks to open up public appointments to more people with disabilities

Owen said she had been proud to lead the expansion of the department to take responsibility for policy areas including digital

The former permanent secretary of the culture department chews the fat with Suzannah Brecknell

The department's top scientist, who will advise on fire safety post-Grenfell, must have an engineering background, government CSA Patrick Vallance said.

Department lauds reaching a major milestone in campaign to eliminate plastics

Union says it will fight “tooth and nail” to prevent any publicly-run prisons from transferring into the hands of private operators

Union says Highways England chief received 9.7% rise last year

Paul Gray oversaw health and social care integration in Scotland

The PAC also warned of a “significant and growing risk” that DfT would not be adequately prepared for a no-deal Brexit.

Charity will support diversity and innovation in public service

Analysis finds Theresa May's proposal would have lowest economic impact

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 new plan will take flight

Greater awareness about the benefits of multilingualism would help boost crucial post-Brexit areas including international relations and trade, say researchers

The “prestige of the Foreign Office as an employer hangs in the balance” at time when its role is increasingly important, select committee warns

Shire looks at how the government's green paper on children and young people's mental health can help improve outcomes for patients with ADHD

Three government departments collaborated to organise a major international conference on illegal wildlife trade in London last month. Conference director Andrew McCulloch explains how they did it

Treasury needs new measures of its own effectiveness in order to drive long-term decision making in government, auditors say

BT thinks The Internet of Things is about to undergo a revolution. Over the past two decades, we've seen IoT tech evolve from a possibility, to a novelty, to an established tool that plays a vital role in industry, infrastructure and logistics

SAS asks whether government organisations really have it all