Security & Defence

Prime minister plans to backtrack on previous decision to allow Chinese giant to play a role in next-generation telecoms

'The department knows it can’t go on like this,' says PAC chair

Government sets out further details of Joint Biosecurity Centre alongside next steps to ease lockdown

PCS says department has reversed plans to outsource a range of veterans’ services after campaign work

New deputy national security adviser Alex Ellis sets out government’s plans for landmark review broadsided by coronavirus

MPs reject offer of private briefings and call on home secretary and new perm sec to appear at virtual evidence session

PM tells MPs government has “scaled back” work on integrated review as resources are diverted to tackle the coronavirus response

As part of Civil Service World’s Digital Transformation special edition, we asked sector experts to share their insight on how a broad range of near-term advances in technology will transform the way public services are delivered.

Treasury sets out areas of focus for review and pledges to lead the world in linking cash to outcomes

Move comes after reports that procurement in ministry was a key plank of Dominic Cummings’s reform plan for the civil service