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New mechanisms required to enable all four governments to jointly agree post-Brexit policy, according to think tank
Departmental advisor to secretary of state Michael Gove proposes move to tackle grey squirrel population
David Sterling tells inquiry his workforce cannot be expected to deliver beyond their resources and skills sets as power vacuum continues
Unprecedented report makes demands of six departments and calls for better oversight to ‘prevent policy from working at cross-purposes’
Report highlights warnings of a ‘crisis-driven’ approach of local authorities increasingly focus on providing core statutory social services
Weather service’s deputy Nick Jobling to take over until a permanent chief executive is appointed
MPs slam Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for needlessly complex contract but add that business department and Treasury cannot escape blame
Foreign and Commonwealth Office to remove all avoidable single-use plastics from UK estate by end of year
Cap plan comes after select committee called for government action on “dysfunctional” energy market
Environment select committee calls on department to analyse impact of Brexit on agriculture and introduce fund for UK farmers
Department consults on revamp of its Public Attitudes Tracker to cover workers’ rights and corporate transparency
Move follows Public Accounts Committee observation that up-front borrowing could have reduced the cost to consumers of the £20bn Hinkley Point C project
Programme manager bags runner up slot in literary springboard the Costa Short Story Award
Data shows scale of challenge to remove single use plastics from across Whitehall
BEIS programme manager makes literary springboard’s ‘final three’
Request is a first in providing statutory cover for Brexit outlay ahead of EU-exit legislation clearing parliament
Former Network Rail chief exec and Olympics infrastructure tsar will succeed Andrew Adonis on a permanent basis
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs strategy includes Whitehall ban on “single use” plastic forks, straws and bottles
Environment secretary praises ‘brilliant’ Defra staff but rubbishes bureaucracy and ‘haphazard’ inspection regimes
Philip Rutnam and predecessor Mark Sedwill join HMRC’s Edward Troup in list of public servants recognised by the Queen
With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without
Peers question MPs' decision to further redact Brexit documents and call on David Davis to publish entire papers
NAO report warns of stiff competition in recruitment and department’s funding and workload challenges