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Meg Hillier also queries “surprising” lack of ministerial directions for some Brexit-related spending

Health department says it has done no impact assessment of how no-deal Brexit would affect disabled people

NAO criticises government for tolerating and working around poor data

Select committees have a key duty to hold those who hold power to account. Former MP Huw Edwards looks at how they have changed in the 40 years since they were created, and what parliamentarians are looking for when they are taking evidence.

Public Accounts Committee says department lacks detailed implementation plan for delivering policy

Department chiefs twice as likely to have attended a fee-paying school than a comprehensive, education charity says

Office for Disability Issues expansion hailed as a "bold statement from the government" to address injustices

Migration Advisory Committee asked to look again at regional earnings thresholds and ‘high public value’ jobs with low pay

They play an increasingly important part in parliament’s scrutiny of government and can inspire dread in even the most experienced perm sec. Forty years on from the creation of the modern select committee on 25 June 1979, Richard Vize looks at how they affect policy – and the lives of civil servants

BT has huge experience working with global multinationals on their business case for SD-WAN, and here they lay out a detailed understanding of the real benefits and challenges 

The cabinet secretary says his leadership style is founded on three core elements. Beckie Smith reports on Civil Service World’s 2019 leadership lecture

McLean was awarded damehood for services to mathematical biology and advice to government

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

Laughter and tears as prime ministers, former colleagues and a pop star pay tribute to late cabinet secretary

Staff vote in favour of settlement that represents 3% pay rise

Philip Rycroft has spent much of his career working on devolution – the biggest force for change in the UK’s government until the EU referendum. He led the Department for Exiting the European Union from 2017 to the end of March this year, helping government try to deliver the result of that referendum. Suzannah Brecknell caught up with him to find out more about why that’s been so hard, and what Brexit means for devolution. 

National Audit Office calls for ‘systematic approach’ to assessing capability and effectiveness of ODA spending

MoJ rejects call to review Transforming Rehabilitation reforms in long-delayed response to 2018 Justice Committee report

£940,000 bill does not include VAT or cost of departmental officials' time

Former director general for EU exit has been interim permanent secretary since April

Department highlights training of mental health first aiders globally as part of its efforts to improve further

After working on some of the first “green investment” schemes in the 1990s, Emma Howard Boyd has relished the chance to get closer to the action as chair of the Environment Agency. But, she tells Mark Smulian, she’s still keeping a keen eye on the money, as the agency strives to protect communities and businesses as well as people and plants

Inspectorate sounds alarm after finding high levels of violence and self-harm at HMP Bristol

This article from BT outlines how focusing on user experience can drive productivity, better engagement and attract the best talent