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

The government also rejected the committee's call for MPs to vote on controversial appointments

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

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

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

A telephone helpline set up by the Home Office to deal with cases has so far received 25 calls about inappropriate demands for DNA evidence.

No matter the circumstances, "we rise up and we meet the challenge," says NICS chief after a tough two years for public officials.

The successful candidate for the £160,000 a year role will "build on the momentum and progress made in recent years", according to the job advert

A plan to tackle organised crime, an investment strategy and gender pay gap reporting rules were all awaiting sign-off.

MPs warn that rushing the managed migration process and getting it wrong could accelerate destitution

As part of our series profiling up-and-coming leaders in the civil service, Marsha Osivwemu, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’s natural environment portfolio head, tells Beckie Smith how she defied her own expectations to climb the ranks of central government and how she’s pulling up others behind her

'Low achievement by prisons against inspectorate recommendations has been a feature at some of the prisons that have caused most concern', a spokesperson said.

Penny Mordaunt said the GEO's work would "broaden out" to ensure it supported women "at every stage of their lives".

The trust gap between officials and ministers is the widest it has been in the survey's history

Environment secretary set to stay on at department but report outlines scale of tasks ahead

Government urged to boost life chances for youngsters battling adversity and save money at the same time

The government said it would "think creatively about current and future challenges relating to cyber skills" in response to a joint select committee report.

The reform "continues to incentivise single parents... to reduce working hours", according to the Resolution Foundation think tank

Treasury spending teams should be "more involved in challenging the benefits of projects", says auditor general

Peers urge chancellor Philip Hammond to drop plans to extend the window in which HMRC can investigate taxpayers’ affairs if they had some tax dealings outside the UK

With no evidence to support the claim that benefit sanctions help get more people into work, the committee said they were 'nothing other than arbitrarily punitive'

Transport committee approves fomer airport chief as rail regulator chair

DWP extends legacy payouts after watchdog's warning that claimants transferring onto Universal Credit would face financial hardship

FCO honours staff association co-founder who left “an important legacy to LGBT+ diplomats”

Attacks on civil servants “sawing away at the legs of the institutions which keep us free", Gummer says

Alan Evans joins HMRC at a "critical time for the department", says permanent secretary Jon Thompson

Sir David Wright appointed as chair designate, with Electoral Commission head Claire Bassett named as chief executive designate

New head of civil service says that making a success of Brexit is a ‘common national endeavour’

Hammond will also expands off-payroll working rules to the private sector

Some companies were paid nearly £500,000 for 'central EU exit consultancy'

Chancellor also announces additional funding for Universal Credit after growing pressure 

Trading on uncertified schedules after Brexit presents “a number of potential problems”,

Javid pledges review to ensure system is ‘fair and humane’ following revelation that visa applications were wrongly denied

Job advert seeks "authoritative" figure to take over after a rocky year for the prisons service

Department for Work and Pensions accused of being 'in denial' over negative impacts of new welfare system

But MPs hear department's confidence does not extend to no-deal Brexit preparations