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US chief of staff says UK forces could be reduced to support role if Nato pledge is not met
Foreign Affairs Committee warns on impact of FCO staff cuts
As the UK’s first independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, John Vine gave the Home Office a few nasty nips. But don’t read too much into his early departure, he tells Sarah Aston
Sir John confirms he will give evidence to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee on 4 February
Cabinet secretary says the role he played in Chilcot Inquiry was "very limited"
The Ministry of Justice’s commercial arm bids for contract with Saudi Arabian Prison Service
Once an anonymous Whitehall lawyer, Shami Chakrabarti is now the very public face of Britain’s civil liberties movement – and a woman who inspires admiration and outrage in equal measure. Jess Bowie meets her
Inquiry set up in 2009 to investigate build-up to Iraq war will take “some further months”, Sir John Chilcot says
Management and removal of foreign national offenders comes under fire from Margaret Hodge’s committee
MI5 makes charity’s list of top employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual people
The PM has met security chiefs after saying last night that Britain must “modernise” interception rules
Increasing security services resources is a priority, says the chancellor
A monthly interview with people who've crossed organisational and sectoral boundaries to join a new working world. Mark Langdale moved from the Home Office to consulting firm Syntegra in 2004
Jonathan Powell, the former diplomat, chief of staff to Tony Blair and Northern Irish peacebroker, is currently trying to negotiate a ceasefire in Libya. Matt Ross asks him about the FCO, sofa government, and the ups and downs of liberal interventionalism
Lord Levene hails a ‘sea change’ at the MoD
Chief of defence staff General Sir Nicholas Houghton (pictured left) calls for “smarter” thinking on big data and finance in the Ministry of Defence
Executive agency responsible for the “land arm” of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been sold for £140m, it was announced today
The civil service has allowed large companies to become “quasi-monopoly suppliers” with too much contractual advantage, say the NAO today.
Peter Hennessy interviews former MI5 chief Eliza Manningham-Buller about the three decades she spent tackling the Soviet threat, the IRA and Islamist terrorism
Chief executive of the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) Ian Moncrieff CBE (pictured here receiving his CBE) will retire on 31 January 2015 after eight years, it was announced yesterday.
Portcullis House was evacuated this morning after a “suspicious” looking item was found. Police have since told CSW this was a “false alarm” and people have been allowed back into the building.
Outsourcing group Serco is selling off the majority of its private sector business process outsourcing (BPO) companies to raise funds and focus on supplying for governments, according to a stock exchange announcement by the firm earlier this week.
UK secret service bodies, MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, will start a recruitment drive for more Russian and Mandarin linguists this month.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the three private sector companies who have been offered contracts to deliver its £164bn equipment plan.