Security & Defence

Patent-winning polymath Phillippa Spencer lands double win at UK celebration

Transformation programme looks to appoint supplier to two-year contract worth up to £10m

Secret Intelligence Service chief details how he interacts with Downing Street and what he looks for in new recruits

Digital secretary confirms that the UK’s next government will be the one to make the call on whether to allow the Chinese vendor to help build the country’s telecoms infrastructure

Chief operating officer will be one of the permanent secretary's "closest advisers”, job ad says

Ministry to create commercial vehicle for accessing external expertise needed to support IT and digital programmes over the next five years

Help for Heroes recovery director Retired Colonel David Richmond will take on cross-government role

Baroness Angela Browning set to complete five-year term at Acoba helm

All this week, CSW brings you a snapshot of progress on the Government Major Project Portfolio across four categories: military capability, information and communications technology, infrastructure and construction, and transformation and service delivery. First up, this section looks at three MoD projects to boost military capability

Javid says funding is "not just our responsibility but also our duty" in pre-Spending Round announcement

With free movement now set to end abruptly on 31 October, the Home Office remains unable to answer key questions

Incoming chair pledges to "partner more effectively with private sector suppliers" at defence buying body

General Sir Chris Deverell has just retired from one of Britain’s most senior military positions. He tells Richard Johnstone about the unique role of civil servants in the Ministry of Defence and how winter sports kept him away from Civvy Street

Unit will be staffed by Cabinet Office and Ministry of Defence officials

Three years and three secretaries of state into his time as Ministry of Defence permanent secretary, Sir Stephen Lovegrove discusses diversity, procurement lessons, and how long his staff can expect to put up with his jokes

McLean was awarded damehood for services to mathematical biology and advice to government

Troubled background-checking agency appoints local authority boss to top job

Lovegrove tells MPs contractors can use Whitehall site for parliament refurb 

Since 2008 departments have been required to report data breaches every year. In this exclusive research, SA Mathieson digs through the numbers to uncover government's biggest security challenges

Department says Future Recruiting Programme will improve on “overly complex” predecessor scheme

Lynne Owens says £2.7bn funding boost in forthcoming Spending Review will help tackle £37bn annual cost of serious and organised crime

In an increasingly complex security environment, working with the private sector to find solutions is more important than ever. Shaun Hipgrave, head of the new Joint Security and Resilience Centre, talks to Sam Trendall about solving security challenges and why, after 30 years, he’s finally found his dream job

MPs say Cabinet Office, Treasury and Major Projects Review Group have questions to answer over bungled payment-by-results reforms

As the UK faces increasingly complex global threats, our defence and security organisations must work more collaboratively than ever. Here, CSW hears from Gary Aitkenhead, chief executive of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory