Brexit

HM Treasury passed most bills in 2016-17 session, followed by DCMS, Home Office and DfE

Institute for Government report says free movement could stay for several years because new system won’t be ready

Examining relationships between ministers and permanent secretaries will be key to civil service reform, select committee says as it highlights concerns over government’s capability to deliver Brexit

Former Cabinet Office minister details plan of action for newly-launched drive to free industry from unnecessary EU bureaucracy

Prospect calls for end to 1% pay cap as well as independent review of Whitehall wage levels

Tory policy guru launches cross-party initiative to consider how post-Brexit regulations can support the economy, with support from former cabinet secretary Lord Butler and business leaders

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s report on the lessons from the EU referendum raises a number of important issues that deserve further attention.

Untangling the UK’s complicated relationship with European environmental policies and subsidies could be the hardest part of leaving the EU. Mark Rowe reports

Committee calls for purdah rules to be revised for the digital age and extended for referendum campaign periods

New appointment to lead on Brexit department’s policy and legislative agenda

£120,000 post will forge links between science and technology sectors in effort to boost trade

Outgoing Food Standards Agency chief executive Catherine Brown believed she had a job with a low media profile until the horse meat scandal raced over the horizon. She tells Mark Smulian about the changes she has made in the department over the last five years and her plans for the future

Select committee voices fears Brexit process may cause departments to miss implications of new European laws

Committee says more work is needed on the economic impact of leaving the EU on WTO terms

Now that the government has begun the Article 50 process, the Brexit honeymoon period will be over for Theresa May. Securing a deal which pleases everyone – or indeed anyone – will be virtually impossible

Department also pledges to develop new agriculture and land use plans ahead of Brexit

“Streamlined” use of delegated powers will be used to correct and update EU law onto the UK statute books

Pledge comes as civil service unions issue civil service unions issue warning over Whitehall capacity

CIPFA commission will provide advice to ministers as the Article 50 negotiations proceed

Prospect union's deputy general secretary Garry Graham warns the UK will enter negotiations with "one hand tied behind its back" unless it addresses concerns over civil service capacity and workloads