Brexit

Government changes today will also include replacement for Damian Green as Cabinet Office minister

Chancellor refuses to rule out the UK remaining in a customs union with the EU after leaving the bloc

Brexit department seeks 35 policy leads and 25 senior advisers on up to £64.5k

Environment secretary praises ‘brilliant’ Defra staff but rubbishes bureaucracy and ‘haphazard’ inspection regimes

Two Cabinet ministers have effectively accused civil servants of politically-motivated attacks. They cannot hide behind anonymous sources to attack hard working government professionals

Department issues rebuttal to claims that it misled the public over the changes to the colour of passports following Brexit

Candidate will also be tasked with leading review of how legislation could be modernised following EU withdrawal

After the conclusion of the first phase of Brexit talks, focus has now moved to the transition deal likely to take effect from 2019. But the impact of leaving the EU on Whitehall’s immigration agencies will be permanent, says Matt Bevington, a research assistant at UK in a Changing Europe

PCS union accuses department of casualising the workforce as proposal follows years of staffing cuts

Whitehall departments to be told there are ‘no excuses’ for lack of Brexit preparation

Tax department issues unprecedented statement after Cabinet ministers question tax decisions for Brexit-backing donors

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

Peers question MPs' decision to further redact Brexit documents and call on David Davis to publish entire papers

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

NAO report warns of stiff competition in recruitment and department’s funding and workload challenges

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without.

Departmental figures show that seven big government departments have an average pay gap of over 10%

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without. Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood kicks off our Whitehall roundup

Cabinet Office Single Departmental Plan also reveals proposals for a new shared services strategy as part of moves to boost commercial capability

Cabinet secretary makes “statement of intent” about future rights to work in government

Whitehall’s chief executive says thousands of civil servants have already been moved into Brexit roles, with around a quarter coming from outside government

Think-tank analysis identifies concessions on residency rights, a £39bn bill on the ‘never-never’, and hand-tying assurances on Northern Ireland in draft agreement

Senior officials past and present react to draft first-phase divorce agreement between UK and EU