Brexit

 Public Accounts Committee criticises departments' “business as usual” assumption for 2019 and berates pace of pan-Whitehall Border Planning Group 

The former Treasury solicitor shares his reflections from a Whitehall career with Tamsin Rutter

DExEU perm sec insists analysis has “huge value” despite criticism that it does not amount to full impact assessments

Treasury guidance also expands role for ministers in requests for direction from departmental agencies and arm’s length bodies

NAO report identifies staffing gaps in five departments and high rate of turnover in DExEU

New directors general roles announced after DIT expands by 1,000 staff in a year

Leaving the EU will have wide, and unpredictable, effects on the UK’s devolved administrations. Mark Rowe reports on what the outcome might be

Susanna Smith from the Public Chairs’ Forum and Association of Chief Executives highlights the key themes – from relocations to Brexit – being discussed at Cabinet Office’s Public Bodies Week

Two parliamentary reports highlight problems at Irish border and frustration at perceived Whitehall “power grab”

Public Bodies 2017 report suggests some “tailored reviews” will be rescheduled until post-EU landscape becomes clearer

Department leads on over one-fifth of the cross-Whitehall projects that need to be implemented for EU exit, according to auditors

Lack of Brexit clarity has stoked fears that government “will expect the impossible” from immigration staff