Security & Defence

Professor Malcolm Chalmers – who was consulted by the government as it drew up its 2010 and 2015 security reviews – says a vote to leave the European Union may mean reopening defence spending settlements

Former chief of defence materiel, who left the civil service at the end of 2015, to carry out progress review for the MoD on equipment buying

Department points out that shift to include spending on war pensions and intelligence gathering falls within Nato guidelines

Cyber Security Operations Centre to focus on protecting the Ministry of Defence's own networks from attack

Radical plan set to ease long-standing tensions between the culture department and the MoD

Latest batch of MoD land disposals will "make the defence estate more efficient and better suited to the needs of our armed forces", says minister Mark Lancaster

Lovegrove to leave DECC after three years at the top, taking over from Jon Thompson at the MoD "shortly"

"I cannot believe a civil servant would tear up a government paper," says former deputy prime minister, as document uncovered by The Times suggests key information on 1985-6 Westland affair was destroyed

The MoD is set to bring its civilian HR, finance, information and security vetting corporate services back in house from April

With the end of 2015 in sight, we asked Whitehall's top officials to review the year, set out their priorities for 2016 – and shed some light on their festive plans. Melanie Dawes, permanent secretary of the Department for Communities and Local Government, takes part in our biggest-ever perm secs' round-up series...

With the end of 2015 in sight, we asked Whitehall's top officials to review the year, set out their priorities for 2016 – and shed some light on their festive plans. Ruth Owen, head of the government's Operational Delivery Profession​, takes part in our biggest-ever perm secs' round-up series...

With the end of 2015 in sight, we asked Whitehall's top officials to review the year, set out their priorities for 2016 – and shed some light on their festive plans. Mark Sedwill, permanent secretary of the Home Office, takes part in our biggest-ever perm secs' round-up series...