Nicholas Mairs and Tamsin Rutter

MPs blast Department for Transport over 'catalogue of franchising failures'
27 Apr 2018 Commercial
MPs blast Department for Transport over 'catalogue of franchising failures'

PAC calls for review of rail franchising model but department hits back at “unbalanced” report
MPs warn of 'security risk' of Border Force staff being diverted to work on post-Brexit customs
16 Nov 2017 Brexit
MPs warn of 'security risk' of Border Force staff being diverted to work on post-Brexit customs

Home Affairs Committee report slams "completely unconvincing" Home Office plans to appoint just 300 new border staff
Priti Patel hands DfID staff power to strip ‘unethical’ aid providers of contracts
04 Oct 2017 Commercial
Priti Patel hands DfID staff power to strip ‘unethical’ aid providers of contracts

International development secretary announces reforms alongside code of conduct for staff and suppliers to tackle "crony" aid provision market
UKSA chair urges home secretary to restrict access to statistics after student migration data leak
01 Sep 2017 Brexit
UKSA chair urges home secretary to restrict access to statistics after student migration data leak

UK statistics chief Sir David Norgrove hits out at Home Office over “damaging” leak of student migration figures to media, in letter also copied to Sir Jeremy Heywood