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Budget will also set out details of measures to tackle coronavirus outbreak

Move comes after reports that procurement in ministry was a key plank of Dominic Cummings’s reform plan for the civil service

Boris Johnson and top officials warn that crisis will get worse

Warning that packaging system could remain 'dysfunctional' even without use of plastic

New ‘economic campus’ will be one of three new offices announced in the Budget, says chancellor

Unit's involvement announced as Boris Johnson chairs COBRA meeting to plan next steps

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

Nearly £100m of spending written off, watchdog finds

Jim Harra ‘strongly rejects’ criticism from Ed Davey’s APPG on the controversial Loan Charge

Tom Hurd, director general of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism in the Home Office, explains the organisation’s role and his priorities for this year’s Security & Policing event

Call to open appraisals process to the National Infrastructure Commission ahead of possible Budget boost

Body offers £149,500 a year for official to oversee work on HS2, Northern Powerhouse Rail and nuclear projects

To mark this year’s annual Security & Policing conference, CSW interviews experts including the National Crime Agency’s Lynne Owens and the Joint Security and Resilience Centre’s Angela Essel, and takes an in-depth look at issues such as knife crime and the relationship between UK security firms and the Department for International Trade

"We are well prepared as a country to deal with this outbreak," Sedwill tells officials

Whitty says 'social cost' of measures like school closures means government will wait until the “last possible point” to implement them

Message sent to staff as fresh bullying claims emerge from Patel’s time at the Department for International Development

The inaugural CSW Innovation Lecture considered the importance of cross-sector working to realise the potential of new technologies. Charlotte Newbury reports

The UK’s security exports are booming, and DIT’s Defence and Security Organisation is helping businesses present a united front when competing for international trade. Deputy director Tracy Buckingham for security and cyber security tells all

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

Emergency meeting lays out steps ministers could take if outbreak spreads, including calling up retired doctors to help staff hospitals

FDA calls for ‘rapid and thorough’ independent inquiry into allegations against home secretary after Rutnam's 'extraordinary' resignation

Resignation comes as he claims home secretary shouted and swore at Home Office staff

Emergency committee meeting planned after PM visits hospital to discuss preparations for treating virus

The UK government should look west for ideas on fostering security innovation from the tech sector, says Alexis Long