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The Right to Rent scheme has been beset by criticism and fears that it could stoke discrimination since before its rollout in 2016, culminating in a damning High Court judgement this year. All the while the Home Office has said a panel of experts has helped to implement and monitor the scheme – but a long hiatus, ignored warnings and a lack of transparency have raised questions.

Document contradicts legally-binding code of practice for scheme, which the High Court ruled in March breachs human rights law

Department tasks digital transformation specialist with helping prepare the way for use of AWS and Azure

BT presents a new eGuide, looking at how to build infrastructure able to support growth both now and into the future 

Johnson says 'strong economic performance' has made funding possible 

Latest staff moves come as government ramps up preparation for no deal

Organisation’s Brexit head takes top job

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

Peer had claimed that all pictures of the Queen had been removed from the NIO’s Stormont offices

International trade secretary Liz Truss names panel of advisers to consider location for up to 10 tax-free ports

'Consumer panic', disrupted supply of medicines and rise in organised crime also among no-deal risks, internal documents say

Bids sought after G4S contract was extended despite revelations of abuse at Brook House

Calls for 28-day cap rejected the same day as Home Office confirms new immigration minister

Sajid Javid opens spending taps to boost border and customs operations, medical supplies and public information in no-deal Brexit

Incoming chair pledges to "partner more effectively with private sector suppliers" at defence buying body

Former ambassador David Frost has been named prime minister Boris Johnson’s incoming Europe adviser and is likely to take over from civil servant Olly Robbins as the government’s chief negotiator for exiting the European Union. CSW’s colleagues in Dods Monitoring took a look at what he thinks of Brexit talks so far

Department seeks team to come in conduct review of technical and cultural obstacles

£300m spending cap accounts for possible frequency of “disruption events”, including border delays

General Sir Chris Deverell has just retired from one of Britain’s most senior military positions. He tells Richard Johnstone about the unique role of civil servants in the Ministry of Defence and how winter sports kept him away from Civvy Street

Government response to select committee report opposes MPs’ recommendation to issue physical documents

Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer also raises prospect of a Brexit public inquiry under a Labour government

Unit will be staffed by Cabinet Office and Ministry of Defence officials

BT spoke with Ovum's Brian Washburn about the network trends taking place in 2019, covering SD-WAN, NFV, hybrid networking and cloud connectivity services 

Plans will include "one of the biggest peacetime public information campaigns this country has seen"