Brexit

CIPFA's policy manager Alan Bermingham takes a look at what the OBR's report on fiscal sustainability tell us about long term government spending – and the picture isn't pretty

Annual accounts reveal that last year the department stopped, paused, or consolidated more than 100 transformation projects, while reducing the ambition of others

Staff switch comes as government seeks to bolster negotiating teams following Chequers proposal

One year after the snap election which led to major changes Theresa May’s team, Kevin Schofield and Sebastian Whale talk to No 10 insiders, ministers and backbench Tories to find out more about the political team behind Britain’s most famous black door

Crawford Falconer says “world is begging to trade with UK” in first full interview since taking up role

Simon Fraser says civil service can teach MPs lessons on workplace behaviour and predicts intensification of Brexit woes

Matthew Rycroft has undertaken some challenging foreign policy roles in government, from helping end the war in Bosnia to facing down Russia in the UN security council. As he settles into his new role as permanent secretary of the Department for International Development he speaks to Richard Johnstone about the need for closer links with other departments, and the importance of showing what’s possible through the international aid budget

Revised government estate strategy confirms plans for more government hubs and moots creation of common access pass for Whitehall buildings

New Brexit secretary Dominic Raab defends White Paper on future relationship between UK and EU as “principled and practical”

It might not yet top the government’s priority list, but no one should underestimate the challenges of the next Spending Review

Second Cabinet resignation in two days leads to questions over government’s Brexit approach only days after supposed agreement

Brexit secretary’s resignation came just hours after Cabinet had agreed negotiating position for future relationship with the EU