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