Brexit

Mike Hatchett to return to work for Jeremy Corbyn less than a year after leaving Labour to work for government on Brexit

Perm sec Bernadette Kelly sought direction from transport secretary Chris Grayling over funds for new road haulage and trailer registration systems

Foreign Affairs Committee chair calls for a “revolution at the heart of government” to fix siloed foreign policy

Brexit select committee says nation is cruising towards default ongoing membership post 2020

Jon Thompson says prime minister’s preferred customs partnership option could be cost neutral but take five years to set up

Theresa May is to publish fresh proposals for avoiding a hard border in Ireland in a last-ditch attempt to break the Brexit deadlock

Home secretary tells MPs that number could rise and does not rule out possibility of future restructure of department

Talks between UK and Scottish governments have been unable to reach agreement on who will be given powers returning from Brussels

Minister Greg Hands reveals Berkshire county town as HQ for Trade Remedies Authority

Dave Penman tells union conference conspiracy claims from both ends of political spectrum are a threat to the fabric of Whitehall

Recruitment of trade negotiators leaves department needing to cut overseas trade promotion posts

MPs urge Defra to admit it has an unmanageable workload and accuse DIT of lacking the capacity to do new trade deals

Report argues Whitehall, the NHS and local government will not be able to fill key roles without tailored agreement with the European Union

Ahead of next week’s Sprint 18 event, GDS director general Kevin Cunnington outlines the organisation’s focus areas for the coming months, and its achievements of the past two years

John Manzoni announces launch of “success profiles”, which will allow managers to recruit on past experience as well as competency-based framework

Philip Rutnam organising inquiry into Windrush leaks, Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden reveals to PACAC

Government’s chief trade negotiation adviser brings together officials from 11 departments

Cabinet Office's annual figures show four-fold increase for Brexit department

Research from Dods ranks the performance of 29 of the government’s biggest IT suppliers

Unusual intervention from cabinet secretary comes as government chief whip and prime minister’s chief of staff also move to defend Robbins

Plan for 2018-19 to focus on four themes, including creating a strong, new relationship with Europe after Brexit

Department points to £185m extra Brexit funding after PAC criticises its lack of preparation

Scottish first minister refuses to accept latest deal on EU Withdrawal Bill despite support from Welsh Government

Permanent secretary Tom Scholar outlines tests done by department to ensure financial settlement figure is robust