Economy

Theo Rycroft also plays down significance of Oliver Robbins’ move to Cabinet Office

UK’s chief negotiator tells MPs department is in ‘good homework mode’ as Liam Fox confirms 734 new hires since February

Bernadette Kelly asked by MPs to look into “possibility of fraud” over £1.7m made in unauthorised redundancy payments

Political climate makes further departmental spending cuts or higher taxes unlikely, report argues

Institute for Government report says universal pay hike could exacerbate Tories’ political woes amid £10bn spending hole

David Williams tells MPs that Department of Health cannot calculate impact of delays to repairs and maintenance spending

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was created in July 2016 as part of changes announced when Theresa May became prime minister. Civil Service World met Angie Ridgwell and Jaee Samant, the civil servants responsible for the transition programme from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, to reflect on the process. By Richard Johnstone

Campaign group’s FOI compares Whitehall team with US counterparts at July meeting

Devereux to leave government after leading the department through controversial Universal Credit rollout 

Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green and SNP MPs have written to Brexit secretary David Davis

Hollywood has lessons for the long-running compensation scheme saga, but there's no guaranteed happy ending

Louise Casey, Tory backbenchers and PCS union raise fears over implementation plans

Launch of free trade think tank in the Foreign Office showed "astonishing lack of judgement in using official government buildings", says FDA

DExEU, Cabinet Office, and Defra under fire for refusal to answer information requests

Government Property Unit releases numbers as Labour announces policy to nationalise private finance initiative contracts

Shadow health secretary said Cabinet Office and Treasury would work together to review contracts

Inclusive growth is the latest policy buzzword, and the government even has its own Inclusive Economy Unit. But what does it mean? Thomas Graham explains

 IfG calls for expanded role for Major Project Leadership Academy, including “regular engagement” with ministers

In her first interview as permanent secretary of the Department for International Trade, Antonia Romeo tells Richard Johnstone about the progress already made, and the Brexit challenges to come, for this brand new ministry.

Agency says small firms make up two-thirds of businesses on £330m framework to supply Government Hubs Programme

Move part of scoping exercise for post-Brexit trading arrangements, MPs told

ONS statistics also show staff numbers across the civil service have grown for the second quarter in a row

The recently merged department lacks strategic coherence and authentic leaders – civil servants won't take it any more

Select committee chair seeks evidence base for “unfair” Staircase Tax