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Former officials have an increasingly public role in national debate – is that always a good thing? Suzannah Brecknell explores how retired mandarins balance their duty to contribute to the public discourse with the self-enforced code of caution

Announcement comes as HMRC confirms it has registered 95,000 businesses for simplified import procedures

Legislation to deliver Brexit dominated Boris Johnson’s first Queen’s Speech, which also had a strong law and order theme

Security can help you grow whilst protecting the very core of your organisation, writes BT 

Whitehall property chief Mike Parsons tells Civil Service World about the challenges and opportunities of managing the government’s property portfolio 

Government won't fly in medicines in first batch of contracts awarded through £300m post-Brexit framework

Having high quality data is a prerequisite if policy and decisions are to be truly evidence-based, Jonathan Owen reports on a CS Live round table where leading civil servants came together to share ideas on how government can improve the way data is used in helping design and deliver services

Shadow minister says Boris Johnson’s behaviour is a source of “unease” in civil service

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

Response to PACAC recommendation says single institution would not meet needs of a modern civil service

Pristine copy of children's book was kept in a locked briefcase for safekeeping

Labour confirms Corbyn has requested talks as Johnson fails to call election for second time

Agency chief says staff are “under no illusion about the scale of the challenge”

From the storm of no-deal Brexit preparation to the headwinds of regulatory reform, Tamara Finkelstein walked into a squall when she took on the top job at Defra. But she tells Beckie Smith she is determined to create a more hospitable environment

Campaign factsheet acknowledges, but refutes, questions over politicisation of civil service

Fifty-strong list of individuals and teams reveals those in the running for honours in the 14th annual Civil Service Awards

Michael Gove tells MPs that the government remains prepared to leave EU with no agreement at the end of this month as publishes readiness report

Tax agency issues two contract notices for design and delivery specialists

CSW reports on a CS Live round table about the potential of connectivity to transform government

Rankings also include civil service fast stream, the Crown Prosecution Service and MI6

The Brexit-driven drama of Westminster ratchets up daily, but civil servants must be allowed space to do their job in safety, says FDA union chief

BT looks at how to secure your SD-WAN services, starting with security by design 

Organisation is working through ‘some points of detail’ with four that are yet to sign

Vital civil service role becomes 500th standard approved