Brexit

DfID in the firing line as candidates seek to win support for leadership bids

A vivid account by a meritocratic polymath, Lord Levene’s memoirs leave Peter Hennessy pondering why peacetime Britain produces so few ‘fixers’ of his calibre

May will step down as Conservative leader on 7 June, but will remain head of government until a new leader is in place

Analysis comes as cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom resigns over Theresa May’s revised EU exit plan

PM sets out measures intended to get MPs to back Brexit deal, including vow to complete work on "alternative arrangements" to the controversial Irish backstop by the end of 2020

Government must learn the lessons of its bruising parliamentary experiences if it is to deliver on its plans to leave the EU

Central digital agency looks for support with development, research, and management

Watchdog notes progress with post-Brexit trade agreements as well as capacity issues

Talks have been ongoing for a month as part of efforts to find a way to pass withdrawal agreement reached with European Union

Figures show that spending on outside firms has risen to £1.5bn in 2017-18, up from a low of £346m in 2011-12

Plan to move forward with withdrawal bill comes as prime minster continues talks with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn over possible compromise

After 10 years scrutinising government accounts and trying to stop departments from squandering taxpayers’ cash, the comptroller and auditor general Sir Amyas Morse is standing down from the National Audit Office. Jess Bowie meets him. 

Trade department perm sec tells CSW that work to fuse regional trade plans with UK economic sectors is nearing completion

Patrick Vallance says new Whitehall role is ‘like being 13 again and being interested in science’

NAO report also reveals the department considered it was unlikely to be able defend any action against it for breaching procurement rules

FDA’s Dave Penman says public trust in Whitehall is undermined when attacks go unchallenged

Move comes as government at winds down emergency no-deal Brexit planning

Committee report says legislation fails to ensure the Office for Environmental Protection will be truly independent

Nigel Farage’s new party unveils former Office for National Statistics trade specialist as European Parliament hopeful

Single-department settlements if the Spending Review is delayed would "pre-empt what should be a proper balancing discussion", chancellor insists

Leaked document warns "government does not have the strongest track record on delivery of large tech projects"

Scotland turnout gives union hope it will hit the UK-wide threshold it didn't reach in 2018's ballot

One year on from the launch of the Fusion Doctrine, there are still obstacles to achieving this ‘whole-system’ approach towards national security objectives. CSW, in partnership with PA Consulting, hosted a roundtable to discuss the barriers to collaboration, and how government and industry can better work together. Geoffrey Lyons reports

Brexit negotiations were also undermined by politicians' distrust of civil servants, think tank says